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CATEGORIES:Lectures/Conferences CATEGORIES:Utilities CATEGORIES:Lecture/Talk CATEGORIES:Research CATEGORIES:Main CONTACT;X-BEDEWORK-UID=00f1fcdb-0f068baf-010f-068baf83-00000004:None CREATED:20250721T120546Z DESCRIPTION:Title: \n"Recent Progress on Batteries (Mainly Li and Na)"\n\n Abstract:\nClean energy\, electric vehicles (EVs)\, and electric energy s torage (ESS) are becoming increasingly common topics of discussion worldw ide\, alongside technologies like cell phones and notebook PCs. At the he art of these advancements are batteries\, particularly lithium-ion batter ies\, which play a critical and essential role. In this talk\, we will be gin with an overview of the fundamentals of lithium-ion batteries\, follo wed by a discussion of current trends in battery systems. We will then di scuss the key components\, i.e. cathode\, anode\, and electrolyte\, befor e moving on to separators\, which will be presented by Wenbin Yin. Next\, we will address liquid battery safety mechanisms and conclude with a dis cussion on solid-state electrolyte batteries and their associated safety considerations. DURATION:PT1H DTSTAMP:20250822T142336Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250827T120000 LAST-MODIFIED:20250822T142336Z LOCATION;X-BEDEWORK-UID=18832e99-20476e5b-0120-58864347-000000be:Fitzpatri ck Center Schiciano Auditorium Side A\, room 1464 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:DMI/MEMS Seminar Presented by Dr. Zhang and Dr. Yin UID:CAL-8a00ec8b-979413b9-0198-2ce031fc-00005d46demobedework@mysite.edu X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Main:/user/public-user/Utili ties/Main X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Lecture_Talk:/user/public-us er/Lectures_Conferences/Lecture_Talk X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Engineering:/user/public-use r/Topics/Engineering X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Research:/user/public-user/T opics/Research X-BEDEWORK-CS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DESCRIPTION="/principals/users/agrp_Artsand Sciences_Biology,/principals/users/agrp_PrattSchool_BME,/principals/users /agrp_ArtsandSciences_Chemistry,/principals/users/agrp_PrattSchool_CEE,/p rincipals/users/agrp_PrattSchool_ECE,/principals/users/agrp__ArtsandScien ces_Mathematics,/principals/users/agrp_PrattSchool_MEMS,/principals/users /agrp_NSOE_NicholasInstituteforEnvironmentalPolicySolutions,/principals/u sers/agrp__ArtsandSciences_Physics,/principals/users/agrp_PrattSchool,/pr incipals/users/agrp__ArtsandSciences_TrinityCollege,":Biology\,Biomedical Engineering (BME)\,Chemistry\,Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)\ ,Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)\,Mathematics\,Mechanical Engin eering and Materials Science (MEMS)\,Nicholas Institute for Energy\, Envi ronment and Sustainability\,Physics\,Pratt School of Engineering\,Trinity College X-BEDEWORK-STUDENT-CONTACT;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-EMAIL=liana.igescu@duke.edu:Li ana Igescu X-BEDEWORK-SPEAKER:Dr. Zhang and Dr. Yin at Celgard Inc. X-BEDEWORK-SUBMITTEDBY:lmi3 for Duke Materials Initiative (agrp_Institutes _MaterialsScienceandEngineering) X-BEDEWORK-IMAGE-X1:311 X-BEDEWORK-IMAGE-Y1:427 X-BEDEWORK-IMAGE-X2:311 X-BEDEWORK-IMAGE-Y2:427 X-BEDEWORK-IMAGE-CROP-WIDTH:0 X-BEDEWORK-IMAGE-CROP-HEIGHT:0 X-BEDEWORK-IMAGE-ALT-TEXT:headshoots X-BEDEWORK-IMAGE:/public/Images/Untitled (3)_20250821045709PM.png X-BEDEWORK-THUMB-IMAGE:/public/Images/Untitled (3)_20250821045709PM-thumb. png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Engineering CATEGORIES:Lectures/Conferences CATEGORIES:Other CATEGORIES:Utilities CATEGORIES:Lecture/Talk CATEGORIES:Panel/Seminar/Colloquium CATEGORIES:Conference/Symposium CATEGORIES:Meeting CATEGORIES:Main CONTACT;X-BEDEWORK-UID=8a0290b4-860465b2-0186-32feb568-0000477d:Spaulding\ , Amy CREATED:20250612T183300Z DESCRIPTION:Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials S cience\, Fall 2025 Seminar Series welcomes Dr. Bogdan Epureanu (Universit y of Michigan)\, who will present the MEMS Seminar on Sept. 10\, entitled "Task Allocation and Strategy Adaptation in Teams of Autonomous Vehicles and Humans." \n\nABSTRACT: Autonomous vehicles are increasingly thought of as team members alongside humans in both military and civilian applica tions. Such autonomous agents are capable of handling dangerous tasks but are limited in their reactions to unforeseen events. At the same time\, humans have more adaptive and creative problem-solving skills but are lim ited in terms of handling some specific tasks and managing cognitive load s. The inclusion of autonomy within a team requires a significant effort to train agents to distribute tasks dynamically for optimal operation. In addition\, the need to address diverse requirements requires heterogeneo us teams where agents can have different capabilities and levels of risk tolerance. While heterogeneity in multi-agent teams offers benefits\, new challenges arise including how to find optimal heterogeneous team compos itions and how to distribute tasks dynamically among agents in complex op erations.\n\nThis presentation will discuss modeling tools for autonomous vehicles with focus on artificial intelligence algorithms for heterogene ous agents to learn dynamically task distributions in teams with humans a nd other autonomous agents through reinforcement learning in synthetic en vironments.\n\nBIO: Bogdan I. Epureanu completed his Ph.D. at Duke Univer sity in 1999. He is the Roger L. McCarthy Professor and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan\, with a courtesy appointment in Electrical Engineering and C omputer Science. Dr. Epureanu is the Director of the Automotive Research Center\, which leads the way in areas of autonomy of ground systems\, inc luding vehicle dynamics\, control\, and autonomous behavior\, human-auton omy teaming\, high performance structures and materials\, intelligent pow er systems\, and fleet operations and vehicle system of systems integrati on. His research focuses on nonlinear dynamics of complex systems\, such as teaming of autonomous vehicles\, enhanced aircraft safety and performa nce\, early detection of neurodegenerative diseases\, and forecasting tip ping points in engineered and physical systems such as disease epidemics and ecology. DURATION:PT1H DTSTAMP:20250908T141152Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250910T120000 LAST-MODIFIED:20250908T141152Z LOCATION;X-BEDEWORK-UID=18832e99-20476e5b-0120-58864347-000000be:Fitzpatri ck Center Schiciano Auditorium Side A\, room 1464 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:MEMS Seminar: Bogdan Epureanu UID:CAL-8a00f888-97512113-0197-656ab3f3-00003ee1demobedework@mysite.edu X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Main:/user/public-user/Utili ties/Main X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Lecture_Talk:/user/public-us er/Lectures_Conferences/Lecture_Talk X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Meeting:/user/public-user/Ot her/Meeting X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Engineering:/user/public-use r/Topics/Engineering X-BEDEWORK-CS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DESCRIPTION="/principals/users/agrp_PrattSc hool,":Pratt School of Engineering X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Conference_Symposium:/user/p ublic-user/Lectures_Conferences/Conference_Symposium X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Panel_Seminar_Colloquium:/us er/public-user/Lectures_Conferences/Panel_Seminar_Colloquium X-BEDEWORK-DUKE-SERIES:MEMS Seminar Fall 2025 Speaker Series X-BEDEWORK-SUBMITTEDBY:acs2 for Mechanical Engineering and Materials Scien ce (MEMS) (agrp_PrattSchool_MEMS) X-BEDEWORK-SPEAKER:Bogdan Epureanu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Engineering CATEGORIES:Lectures/Conferences CATEGORIES:Other CATEGORIES:Utilities CATEGORIES:Lecture/Talk CATEGORIES:Panel/Seminar/Colloquium CATEGORIES:Conference/Symposium CATEGORIES:Meeting CATEGORIES:Main CONTACT;X-BEDEWORK-UID=8a0290b4-860465b2-0186-32feb568-0000477d:Spaulding\ , Amy CREATED:20250612T183523Z DESCRIPTION:Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials S cience\, Fall 2025 MEMS Distinguished Seminar Series welcomes Dr. M. Tahe r Abu Saif (UIUC)\, who will present the MEMS Distinguished Seminar entit led\, "Ultra-Sensitive MEMS Sensors Reveal a Biomechanics Link between Mi nd and Body."\n\nABSTRACT: For centuries\, the relation between mind and body has intrigued philosophers and scientists. How body affects the mind \, and mind affects the body? Since mid-19th century\, scientists searche d for the "mind" in the anatomy of brain\, just as they explored the "bod y" with Da Vinci's artistic renditions of muscles. Muscles are considered as contractile force actuators\, and neurons as information processors. Here\, we will discuss our findings\, revealed by a novel MEMS sensor\, t hat neurons are also contractile\, both in vivo and in vitro. This contra ctility leads to tension in axons\, a long cable-like structure that conn ects neurons with each other. We measure the magnitude and time evolution of tension in axons using specially designed MEMS force sensors. We then correlate the tension with neuronal function (firing pattern). We find t hat without this tension neurons cannot function. Furthermore\, we have p reliminary evidence of increased neuronal contractility with physical exe rcise\, revealing the first possible link between mind and body. Understa nding the critical role of neuron mechanics on neuron function may lead t o new therapies against mental diseases including anxiety\, depression\, dementia\, and Alzheimer's disease. \n\nM. TAHER A. SAIF was born in Dhak a\, Bangladesh. He earned BS and MS degrees in Civil Engineering from Ban gladesh University of Engineering and Technology and Washington State Uni versity\, followed by a PhD in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics at Corne ll University. He then conducted postdoctoral research on MEMS at Cornell before joining the Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering at t he University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) in 1997. His interdisci plinary work spans mechanics of neurons and cardiac cells\, tumor microen vironments\, biohybrid robotics\, and nanomaterials. Professor Saif is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the Ame rican Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). In 2024\, he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering of the USA. He was endowe d with the Grainger Distinguished Chair in 2025 in the Grainger College o f Engineering\, UIUC. DURATION:PT1H DTSTAMP:20250915T130925Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250917T120000 LAST-MODIFIED:20250915T130925Z LOCATION;X-BEDEWORK-UID=18832e99-20476e5b-0120-58864347-000000be:Fitzpatri ck Center Schiciano Auditorium Side A\, room 1464 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:MEMS Distinguished Seminar: M. Taher A. Saif\, "Ultra-sensitive ME MS sensors reveal a biomechanic link between mind and body" UID:CAL-8a00f888-97512113-0197-656ce2d7-00003f47demobedework@mysite.edu X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Main:/user/public-user/Utili ties/Main X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Lecture_Talk:/user/public-us er/Lectures_Conferences/Lecture_Talk X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Meeting:/user/public-user/Ot her/Meeting X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Engineering:/user/public-use r/Topics/Engineering X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Conference_Symposium:/user/p ublic-user/Lectures_Conferences/Conference_Symposium X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Panel_Seminar_Colloquium:/us er/public-user/Lectures_Conferences/Panel_Seminar_Colloquium X-BEDEWORK-CS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DESCRIPTION="/principals/users/agrp_PrattSc hool,/principals/users/agrp_SchoolofMedicine_SBB,":Pratt School of Engine ering\,Structural Biology &\; Biophysics (SBB) X-BEDEWORK-DUKE-SERIES:MEMS Seminar Fall 2025 Speaker Series X-BEDEWORK-SUBMITTEDBY:acs2 for Mechanical Engineering and Materials Scien ce (MEMS) (agrp_PrattSchool_MEMS) X-BEDEWORK-SPEAKER:M. Taher A. Saif END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Engineering CATEGORIES:Lectures/Conferences CATEGORIES:Utilities CATEGORIES:Lecture/Talk CATEGORIES:Research CATEGORIES:Main CONTACT;X-BEDEWORK-UID=00f1fcdb-0f068baf-010f-068baf83-00000004:None CREATED:20250729T163112Z DESCRIPTION:Title: Nanomechanical DNA devices to program collective dynami cs and interrogate biomolecules\nAbstract: Structural DNA nanotechnology is an emerging field with exciting potential for applications such as sin gle molecule sensing\, drug delivery\, imaging\, and biophysical measurem ents. DNA nanodevices are particularly well-suited to interface with and manipulate biomolecules in vitro and in vivo because of the ability preci sely design nanodevice geometry\, functionalization (e.g. with interactio ns sites for biomolecules)\, and dynamic and mechanical properties. Our l aboratory focuses on two key areas of DNA nanotechnology: 1) design of mu lti-component and multi-device assemblies that can carry out robotic func tions like sensing and responding to the environment\; and 2) leveraging these capabilities to design DNA devices that can interface with and prob e biomolecular complexes. I will highlight our recent work on advancing d esign methods for multi-component assemblies and realizing cooperative fu nctions\, like shape changes or adaptive mechanical properties\, that eme rge from the behaviors and interactions of many dynamic devices. I will a lso highlight recent work in delivering DNA nanodevices into living cells . We recently developed methods to leverage a piggybacking approach to de liver DNA origami nanostructures to live cell nuclei\, where antibody lab eled DNA nanostructures target an RNA polymerase in the cytoplasm\, and t hen they are trafficked to the nucleus along with the polymerase. Moving forward we aim to use these devices as tools to probe and control molecul ar processes in living cells and deliver molecular payloads such as genes or other medicines. DURATION:PT1H DTSTAMP:20250904T151757Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250924T120000 LAST-MODIFIED:20250904T151757Z LOCATION;X-BEDEWORK-UID=18832e99-20476e5b-0120-58864347-000000be:Fitzpatri ck Center Schiciano Auditorium Side A\, room 1464 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:DMI/MEMS Seminar Presented by Prof. Carlos Castro UID:CAL-8a00ec8b-979413b9-0198-5706124f-00006e7ademobedework@mysite.edu X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Main:/user/public-user/Utili ties/Main X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Engineering:/user/public-use r/Topics/Engineering X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Research:/user/public-user/T opics/Research X-BEDEWORK-CS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DESCRIPTION="/principals/users/agrp_Artsand Sciences_Biology,/principals/users/agrp_PrattSchool_BME,/principals/users /agrp_ArtsandSciences_Chemistry,/principals/users/agrp_PrattSchool_CEE,/p rincipals/users/agrp_PrattSchool_ECE,/principals/users/agrp__ArtsandScien ces_Mathematics,/principals/users/agrp_PrattSchool_MEMS,/principals/users /agrp_NSOE_NicholasInstituteforEnvironmentalPolicySolutions,/principals/u sers/agrp__ArtsandSciences_Physics,/principals/users/agrp_PrattSchool,/pr incipals/users/agrp__ArtsandSciences_TrinityCollege,":Biology\,Biomedical Engineering (BME)\,Chemistry\,Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)\ ,Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)\,Mathematics\,Mechanical Engin eering and Materials Science (MEMS)\,Nicholas Institute for Energy\, Envi ronment and Sustainability\,Physics\,Pratt School of Engineering\,Trinity College X-BEDEWORK-STUDENT-CONTACT;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-EMAIL=liana.igescu@duke.edu:Li ana Igescu X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Lecture_Talk:/user/public-us er/Lectures_Conferences/Lecture_Talk X-BEDEWORK-SPEAKER:Carlos Castro X-BEDEWORK-SUBMITTEDBY:lmi3 for Duke Materials Initiative (agrp_Institutes _MaterialsScienceandEngineering) X-BEDEWORK-IMAGE-X1:0 X-BEDEWORK-IMAGE-Y1:0 X-BEDEWORK-IMAGE-X2:1200 X-BEDEWORK-IMAGE-Y2:800 X-BEDEWORK-IMAGE-CROP-WIDTH:1200 X-BEDEWORK-IMAGE-CROP-HEIGHT:800 X-BEDEWORK-IMAGE-ALT-TEXT:Carlos_Castro X-BEDEWORK-IMAGE:/public/Images/Untitled (4)_20250904031757PM.png X-BEDEWORK-THUMB-IMAGE:/public/Images/Untitled (4)_20250904031757PM-thumb. png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Engineering CATEGORIES:Lectures/Conferences CATEGORIES:Other CATEGORIES:Utilities CATEGORIES:Lecture/Talk CATEGORIES:Panel/Seminar/Colloquium CATEGORIES:Conference/Symposium CATEGORIES:Meeting CATEGORIES:Main CONTACT;X-BEDEWORK-UID=8a0290b4-860465b2-0186-32feb568-0000477d:Spaulding\ , Amy CREATED:20250612T183806Z DESCRIPTION:Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials S cience (MEMS)\, Fall 2025 Speaker Series welcomes Dr. Johann Guilleminot (Duke)\, to present the MEMS Seminar entitled\, "Predicting with Model En sembles and Uncertain Parameters: A Tour of Stochastic Modeling on Constr ained Spaces."\n\nABSTRACT: Dr. Guilleminot will discuthe construction of admissible\, identifiable stochastic models to represent and quantify th e impact of parametric and model-form uncertainties in computational scie nce and engineering. \n\nBIO: JOHANN GUILLEMINOT is the Paul Ruffin Scarb orough Associate Professor of Engineering and an Associate Professor of M echanical Engineering and Materials Science at Duke. He joined Duke in Ju ly 2017. Prior to that\, he held a Maître de Conférences position in the Multiscale Modeling and Simulation Laboratory (UMR CNRS) at Université Pa ris-Est in France. He earned an MS (2005) and PhD (2008) the University o f Lille 1 Science and Technology (France). DURATION:PT1H DTSTAMP:20250822T183801Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251001T120000 LAST-MODIFIED:20250822T183801Z LOCATION;X-BEDEWORK-UID=18832e99-20476e5b-0120-58864347-000000be:Fitzpatri ck Center Schiciano Auditorium Side A\, room 1464 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:MEMS Seminar: Johann Guilleminot\, "Predicting with Model Ensemble s and Uncertain Parameters: A Tour of Stochastic Modeling on Constrained Spaces" UID:CAL-8a00f888-97512113-0197-656f5f5d-00003f48demobedework@mysite.edu X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Main:/user/public-user/Utili ties/Main X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Lecture_Talk:/user/public-us er/Lectures_Conferences/Lecture_Talk X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Meeting:/user/public-user/Ot her/Meeting X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Engineering:/user/public-use r/Topics/Engineering X-BEDEWORK-CS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DESCRIPTION="/principals/users/agrp_PrattSc hool,":Pratt School of Engineering X-BEDEWORK-DUKE-SERIES:MEMS Seminar Fall 2025 Speaker Series X-BEDEWORK-SUBMITTEDBY:acs2 for Mechanical Engineering and Materials Scien ce (MEMS) (agrp_PrattSchool_MEMS) X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Panel_Seminar_Colloquium:/us er/public-user/Lectures_Conferences/Panel_Seminar_Colloquium X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Conference_Symposium:/user/p ublic-user/Lectures_Conferences/Conference_Symposium X-BEDEWORK-SPEAKER:Johann Guilleminot END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Engineering CATEGORIES:Lectures/Conferences CATEGORIES:Other CATEGORIES:Utilities CATEGORIES:Lecture/Talk CATEGORIES:Panel/Seminar/Colloquium CATEGORIES:Conference/Symposium CATEGORIES:Meeting CATEGORIES:Main CONTACT;X-BEDEWORK-UID=8a0290b4-860465b2-0186-32feb568-0000477d:Spaulding\ , Amy CREATED:20250612T184038Z DESCRIPTION:Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials S cience (MEMS)\, Fall 2025 Speaker Series welcomes Dr. Nabil Simaan\, prof essor of Mechanical Engineering from Vanderbilt University\, to present " Advances in Robotics for Microsurgery\, Sensing\, Training\, and Skills A ssessment." \n\nAbstract: Robotics can be used for manipulation augmentat ion\, sensory augmentation\, and for surgical skills training and assessm ent. In this talk\, the speaker will cover recent works by his group on a ddressing challenges in retinal microsurgery for image-guided subretinal delivery of therapeutics and gene therapies. The talk will focus on techn ical challenges and the approach for addressing co-manipulation and safet y constraints while leveraging information from the robot and optical coh erence tomography. A co-registered custom OCT probe is used for defining variable admittance manipulation constraints for enhanced safety and prec ision is presented. A framework for rapid image segmentation and robot-in formed segmentation and tracking allows enhanced human-robot partnership with robustness to OCT image noise and difficulties in real-time feature tracking in OCT image space. The second part of the talk will cover anoth er effort related to use of robotics for training surgeons in under resou rced countries. The system being developed is part of an international ef fort for developing solutions that can accelerate surgical skills assessm ent and training for minimally invasive surgery. A system comprised of cu stom haptic devices coupled with real-time simulation environment for cho lecystectomy is presented. The simulation environment leverages machine-l earning to accelerate deformable tissue modeling and haptics in real time . The design process for the haptic devices for this system will also be discussed. Time permitting\, the speaker will touch upon other projects i n his lab related to micro-manipulation and steerable micro-catheters for endovascular navigation.\n\nBIO: NABIL SIMAAN (Ph.D\, 2002 Technion\, Is rael) is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering\, Computer Science and Oto laryngology at Vanderbilt University. He has served as an Editor for IEEE ICRA\, associate editor for IEEE TRO\, Associate Editor for ASME JMR\, a nd editorial board member for Robotica and a co-chair of the IEEE Technic al Committee on Surgical Robotics. His research interests include paralle l robotics\, continuum robotics & design of new robotic systems for dexte rous and image-guided surgical robotics. DURATION:PT1H DTSTAMP:20250829T125418Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251008T120000 LAST-MODIFIED:20250829T125418Z LOCATION;X-BEDEWORK-UID=18832e99-20476e5b-0120-58864347-000000be:Fitzpatri ck Center Schiciano Auditorium Side A\, room 1464 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:MEMS Seminar: Nabil Simaan\, "Advances in Robotics for Microsurger y\, Sensing\, Training\, and Skills Assessment" UID:CAL-8a00f888-97512113-0197-6571aff3-00003f49demobedework@mysite.edu X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Main:/user/public-user/Utili ties/Main X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Lecture_Talk:/user/public-us er/Lectures_Conferences/Lecture_Talk X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Meeting:/user/public-user/Ot her/Meeting X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Engineering:/user/public-use r/Topics/Engineering X-BEDEWORK-CS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DESCRIPTION="/principals/users/agrp_PrattSc hool,":Pratt School of Engineering X-BEDEWORK-DUKE-SERIES:MEMS Seminar Fall l2025 Speaker Series X-BEDEWORK-SUBMITTEDBY:acs2 for Mechanical Engineering and Materials Scien ce (MEMS) (agrp_PrattSchool_MEMS) X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Conference_Symposium:/user/p ublic-user/Lectures_Conferences/Conference_Symposium X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Panel_Seminar_Colloquium:/us er/public-user/Lectures_Conferences/Panel_Seminar_Colloquium X-BEDEWORK-SPEAKER:Nabil Simaan END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Engineering CATEGORIES:Lectures/Conferences CATEGORIES:Utilities CATEGORIES:Lecture/Talk CATEGORIES:Research CATEGORIES:Main CONTACT;X-BEDEWORK-UID=00f1fcdb-0f068baf-010f-068baf83-00000004:None CREATED:20250721T121007Z DESCRIPTION:Title: Nematic Alignment of Chains by Shear Flow and its Role in Accelerating Nucleation and Stabilizing Against Edge Fracture\n\nAbstr act: Applying shear flow to some molten polymer liquids imparts a nematic chain alignment that creates form birefringence. Rheo-optical methods ar e used to quantify this alignment for high-density polyethylene (HDPE) an d poly(ether ether ketone) (PEEK). With both polymers\, the birefringence starts to be measurable at the same shear rate where shear flow starts t o accelerate crystallization kinetics. There is a strong departure from the Cox-Merz rule above this critical shear rate and at much higher shear rates\, the shear stress and birefringence both grow as the square root of shear rate\, as expected for nematic alignment of chains. Crystallizat ion from the flow-aligned nematic creates a fine-scale morphology that ma ximizes tie chains between crystals\, imparting toughness to these semicr ystalline polymers. \n\nPolymer chains stretch in shear flow when the she ar rate exceeds the reciprocal of their Rouse time. The high molecular w eight tail of the molecular weight distribution of HDPE is fit to an expo nential function that allows quantification of an energy conversion facto r E that is the volume fraction of chains that get stretched at any shear rate. The measured form birefringence of HDPE tracks perfectly with the shear rate dependence of E in the range 10-6 < E < 10-2. The product of E and specific work is shown to control the magnitude of the crystallizat ion acceleration from shear. When sheared below the equilibrium melting temperature\, HDPE forms a network of crystallization precursors that sta bilizes the melt against edge fracture.\n\nHost: Michael Rubinstein DURATION:PT1H DTSTAMP:20250904T151403Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251015T120000 LAST-MODIFIED:20250904T151403Z LOCATION;X-BEDEWORK-UID=18832e99-20476e5b-0120-58864347-000000be:Fitzpatri ck Center Schiciano Auditorium Side A\, room 1464 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:DMI/MEMS Seminar Presented by Prof. Ralph Colby UID:CAL-8a00ec8b-979413b9-0198-2ce42a6d-00005d47demobedework@mysite.edu X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Main:/user/public-user/Utili ties/Main X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Lecture_Talk:/user/public-us er/Lectures_Conferences/Lecture_Talk X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Engineering:/user/public-use r/Topics/Engineering X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Research:/user/public-user/T opics/Research X-BEDEWORK-CS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DESCRIPTION="/principals/users/agrp_Artsand Sciences_Biology,/principals/users/agrp_PrattSchool_BME,/principals/users /agrp_ArtsandSciences_Chemistry,/principals/users/agrp_PrattSchool_CEE,/p rincipals/users/agrp_PrattSchool_ECE,/principals/users/agrp__ArtsandScien ces_Mathematics,/principals/users/agrp_PrattSchool_MEMS,/principals/users /agrp_NSOE_NicholasInstituteforEnvironmentalPolicySolutions,/principals/u sers/agrp__ArtsandSciences_Physics,/principals/users/agrp_PrattSchool,/pr incipals/users/agrp__ArtsandSciences_TrinityCollege,":Biology\,Biomedical Engineering (BME)\,Chemistry\,Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)\ ,Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)\,Mathematics\,Mechanical Engin eering and Materials Science (MEMS)\,Nicholas Institute for Energy\, Envi ronment and Sustainability\,Physics\,Pratt School of Engineering\,Trinity College X-BEDEWORK-STUDENT-CONTACT;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-EMAIL=liana.igescu@duke.edu:Li ana Igescu X-BEDEWORK-SPEAKER:Ralph Colby X-BEDEWORK-SUBMITTEDBY:lmi3 for Duke Materials Initiative (agrp_Institutes _MaterialsScienceandEngineering) X-BEDEWORK-IMAGE-X1:0 X-BEDEWORK-IMAGE-Y1:-0.3333333333333144 X-BEDEWORK-IMAGE-X2:530 X-BEDEWORK-IMAGE-Y2:353 X-BEDEWORK-IMAGE-CROP-WIDTH:530 X-BEDEWORK-IMAGE-CROP-HEIGHT:353.3333333333333 X-BEDEWORK-IMAGE-ALT-TEXT:Ralph_Colby X-BEDEWORK-IMAGE:/public/Images/Untitled_20250904031403PM.png X-BEDEWORK-THUMB-IMAGE:/public/Images/Untitled_20250904031403PM-thumb.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Engineering CATEGORIES:Lectures/Conferences CATEGORIES:Other CATEGORIES:Utilities CATEGORIES:Lecture/Talk CATEGORIES:Panel/Seminar/Colloquium CATEGORIES:Conference/Symposium CATEGORIES:Meeting CATEGORIES:Main CONTACT;X-BEDEWORK-UID=8a0290b4-860465b2-0186-32feb568-0000477d:Spaulding\ , Amy CREATED:20250612T184145Z DESCRIPTION:Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials S cience (MEMS)\, Fall 2025 Speaker Series welcomes Dr. Tyler Clites\, assi stant professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at UCLA\, to give the talk\, "Anatomics: Co-engineering Body and Machine to Improve Bionic Performance."\n\nABSTRACT: Bionic systems are no longer the stuff of sci ence fiction. Exoskeletons and prostheses restore mobility to people with physical disabilities and augment able-bodied performance. Implants can eliminate pain and allow long-term restoration of function. Although a co mplete bionic system is made up of biological structures ("the body") and mechatronics ("the machine")\, the traditional development approach focu ses solely on engineering the machine. As a result\, even the most advanc ed bionic systems are subject to fundamental limitations of the human bod y. Turning this paradigm on his head\, Prof. Clites has introduced the co ncept of anatomics\, in which body and machine are developed in parallel. In this seminar\, Prof. Clites will provide examples of how his laborato ry has applied the anatomics framework to a range of clinical problems in cluding amputation\, limb salvage\, joint replacement\, and paralysis. He will show entirely novel solutions to long-standing clinical problems\, including compliant-mechanism-based orthopaedic implants\, electromagneti c attachment of external prostheses to the body\, and sensate prosthetic devices that are covered in human skin. He will also showcase the breadth of data that his team has produced in optimizing and validating these so lutions\, including theoretical analysis\, simulation\, benchtop experime nts\, cadaver testing\, animal testing\, and biomechanical experimentatio n with human subjects.\n\nBIO:TYLER CLITES is an Assistant Professor of M echanical and Aerospace Engineering at UCLA\, with joint appointments Bio engineering and the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at UCLA's David Gef fen School of Medicine. Prof. Clites earned his Ph.D. in 2018 from the Ha rvard/MIT program in Health Sciences and Technology\, where he led the de velopment of a novel surgical procedure for limb amputation to improve ne ural interfacing and control. He then did a postdoc in Mechanical Enginee ring and Robotics at the University of Michigan. His research has been pu blished in clinical and engineering journals\, and featured at TED\, in T he New Yorker and The New York Times\, and on 60 Minutes and CNN.\n\nHost : Ken Gall DURATION:PT1H DTSTAMP:20250915T151453Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251022T120000 LAST-MODIFIED:20250915T151453Z LOCATION;X-BEDEWORK-UID=18832e99-20476e5b-0120-58864347-000000be:Fitzpatri ck Center Schiciano Auditorium Side A\, room 1464 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:MEMS Seminar: Tyler Clites\, "Anatomics: Co-Engineering Body and M achine to Improve Bionic Performance" UID:CAL-8a00f888-97512113-0197-6572b416-00003f4ademobedework@mysite.edu X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Main:/user/public-user/Utili ties/Main X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Lecture_Talk:/user/public-us er/Lectures_Conferences/Lecture_Talk X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Meeting:/user/public-user/Ot her/Meeting X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Engineering:/user/public-use r/Topics/Engineering X-BEDEWORK-CS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DESCRIPTION="/principals/users/agrp_PrattSc hool,":Pratt School of Engineering X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Conference_Symposium:/user/p ublic-user/Lectures_Conferences/Conference_Symposium X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Panel_Seminar_Colloquium:/us er/public-user/Lectures_Conferences/Panel_Seminar_Colloquium X-BEDEWORK-DUKE-SERIES:MEMS Seminar Fall 2025 Speaker Series X-BEDEWORK-SUBMITTEDBY:acs2 for Mechanical Engineering and Materials Scien ce (MEMS) (agrp_PrattSchool_MEMS) X-BEDEWORK-SPEAKER:Tyler Clites END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Engineering CATEGORIES:Lectures/Conferences CATEGORIES:Other CATEGORIES:Utilities CATEGORIES:Lecture/Talk CATEGORIES:Panel/Seminar/Colloquium CATEGORIES:Conference/Symposium CATEGORIES:Meeting CATEGORIES:Main CONTACT;X-BEDEWORK-UID=8a0290b4-860465b2-0186-32feb568-0000477d:Spaulding\ , Amy CREATED:20250612T184353Z DESCRIPTION:Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials S cience (MEMS)\, Fall 2025 Speaker Series welcomes Dr. Ruijuan Xu\, from N orth Carolina State University\, to deliver a talk entitled\, "Manipulati ng phase transitions in lead-free ferroelectric heterostructures and memb ranes." \n\nAbstract: Complex oxides are fascinating materials that exhib it a rich spectrum of electrical\, magnetic\, optical\, and thermal prope rties. Recent advances in atomic-scale epitaxy have enabled the creation of high-quality oxide heterostructures and freestanding membranes\, openi ng new pathways to explore and manipulate emergent phase transitions and functionalities. In this presentation\, I will use sodium niobates as a m odel system to demonstrate how external stimuli such as strain\, electric fields\, and size effects can be harnessed to induce novel ferroic order s with enhanced ferroelectric and dielectric responses. I will discuss a strain-induced emergent phase boundary in sodium niobate heterostructures \, where competing structural phases yield multi-state switching and enha nced dielectric susceptibility and tunability. I will also highlight an i ntrinsic\, size-driven antiferroelectric-to-ferroelectric transition in f reestanding sodium niobate membranes.\n\nBiography: Dr. Ruijuan Xu is an Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at North Carolin a State University. Ruijuan received her B.E. from Zhejiang University\, her M.S. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign\, and her Ph .D. from the University of California\, Berkeley\, all in Materials Scien ce and Engineering. Before joining NC State\, she was a GLAM Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Applied Physics at Stanford University and S LAC National Laboratory. Ruijuan's current research focuses on the atomic -scale design and manipulation of novel functional properties and exotic phenomena in ferroic oxide thin films\, heterostructures\, and membranes. She has been recognized by several recent awards including 2025 NSF CARE ER Award\, 2025 Scialog Fellow in Quantum Matter and Information\, and 20 24 iWOE Prize in Oxide Electronics for Excellence in Research. DURATION:PT1H DTSTAMP:20250915T151236Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251029T120000 LAST-MODIFIED:20250915T151236Z LOCATION;X-BEDEWORK-UID=18832e99-20476e5b-0120-58864347-000000be:Fitzpatri ck Center Schiciano Auditorium Side A\, room 1464 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:MEMS Seminar: Ruijuan Xu\, Manipulating Phase Transitions in Lead- Free Ferroelectric Heterostructures and Membranes" UID:CAL-8a00f888-97512113-0197-6574aa11-00003f4bdemobedework@mysite.edu X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Main:/user/public-user/Utili ties/Main X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Lecture_Talk:/user/public-us er/Lectures_Conferences/Lecture_Talk X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Meeting:/user/public-user/Ot her/Meeting X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Engineering:/user/public-use r/Topics/Engineering X-BEDEWORK-CS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DESCRIPTION="/principals/users/agrp_PrattSc hool,":Pratt School of Engineering X-BEDEWORK-DUKE-SERIES:MEMS Semimar Fall 2025 Speaker Series X-BEDEWORK-SUBMITTEDBY:acs2 for Mechanical Engineering and Materials Scien ce (MEMS) (agrp_PrattSchool_MEMS) X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Conference_Symposium:/user/p ublic-user/Lectures_Conferences/Conference_Symposium X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Panel_Seminar_Colloquium:/us er/public-user/Lectures_Conferences/Panel_Seminar_Colloquium X-BEDEWORK-SPEAKER:Ruijuan Xu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Engineering CATEGORIES:Lectures/Conferences CATEGORIES:Other CATEGORIES:Utilities CATEGORIES:Lecture/Talk CATEGORIES:Panel/Seminar/Colloquium CATEGORIES:Conference/Symposium CATEGORIES:Meeting CATEGORIES:Main CONTACT;X-BEDEWORK-UID=8a0290b4-860465b2-0186-32feb568-0000477d:Spaulding\ , Amy CREATED:20250612T184502Z DESCRIPTION:Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials S cience (MEMS)\, Fall 2025 Speaker Series welcomes Dr. Alexander Grosberg\ , Professor of Physics at New York University\, to give the talk\, "Coulo mb Interactions Without Charges."\n\nABSTRACT: Dr. Alexander Grosberg wil l review the concept of diffusiophoresis and how it leads in out-of-equil ibrium driven colloidal catalytic systems to the effects usually associat ed with electrostatics\, such as Debye screening and Wigner crystals.\n\n BIO: ALEXANDER GROSBERG was born and educated in Moscow\, in the former S oviet Union. A Professor of Physics and Mathematics at New York Universit y\, he is a theoretical physicist working in the fields of soft matter\, polymers\, and biophysics. \n\nHost: Michael Rubinstein DURATION:PT1H DTSTAMP:20250829T130923Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251105T120000 LAST-MODIFIED:20250829T130923Z LOCATION;X-BEDEWORK-UID=18832e99-20476e5b-0120-58864347-000000be:Fitzpatri ck Center Schiciano Auditorium Side A\, room 1464 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:MEMS Seminar: Dr. Alexander Grosberg\, "Coulomb Interactions Witho ut Charges" UID:CAL-8a00f888-97512113-0197-6575b590-00003f4cdemobedework@mysite.edu X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Main:/user/public-user/Utili ties/Main X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Lecture_Talk:/user/public-us er/Lectures_Conferences/Lecture_Talk X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Meeting:/user/public-user/Ot her/Meeting X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Engineering:/user/public-use r/Topics/Engineering X-BEDEWORK-CS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DESCRIPTION="/principals/users/agrp_PrattSc hool,":Pratt School of Engineering X-BEDEWORK-DUKE-SERIES:MEMS Seminar Fall 2025 Speaker Series X-BEDEWORK-SUBMITTEDBY:acs2 for Mechanical Engineering and Materials Scien ce (MEMS) (agrp_PrattSchool_MEMS) X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Conference_Symposium:/user/p ublic-user/Lectures_Conferences/Conference_Symposium X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Panel_Seminar_Colloquium:/us er/public-user/Lectures_Conferences/Panel_Seminar_Colloquium END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Engineering CATEGORIES:Lectures/Conferences CATEGORIES:Other CATEGORIES:Utilities CATEGORIES:Lecture/Talk CATEGORIES:Panel/Seminar/Colloquium CATEGORIES:Conference/Symposium CATEGORIES:Meeting CATEGORIES:Main CONTACT;X-BEDEWORK-UID=8a0290b4-860465b2-0186-32feb568-0000477d:Spaulding\ , Amy CREATED:20250612T184555Z DESCRIPTION:Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials S cience (MEMS)\, Fall 2025 Speaker Series welcomes Dr. Cambre Kelly (retor 3d & Reselute) to present the MEMS Seminar\, "Personalized\, Osseointegra tive\, 3D Printed Orthopedic Implants." \n\nABSTRACT: In this presentatio n we will cover the clinical application\, rationale and technology invol ved in the scaled delivery of 3D printed implants that are both personali zed to individual anatomy and contain optimized osseointegrative porous s tructures. We will begin by using large CT databases to motivate the cle ar need for implant personalization in orthopedics. We will then discuss the scientific underpinning of designing and manufacturing orthopedic de vices including the AI based design automation and printing-structure-pro perty studies necessary to deliver safe orthopedic implants. \n\nDR. CAM BRE KELLY has 14 years of experience in the orthopedic medical device in dustry\, working at small businesses developing and commercializing early -stage innovative medical technologies in orthopedics and spine. She co-f ounded restor3D in 2017\, an orthopedic medical device company\, based on her doctoral research completed at Duke University. In 2021\, she founde d Reselute\, a medical device startup focused on drug delivery technology for combating orthopedic infections. Kelly also worked in research and d evelopment roles at other startup businesses in the orthopedic space\, in cluding MedShape and Vertera Spine. Kelly is a highly cited biomedical an d clinical researcher and has been awarded 10+ U.S. patents. DURATION:PT1H DTSTAMP:20251110T160929Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251112T120000 LAST-MODIFIED:20251110T160929Z LOCATION;X-BEDEWORK-UID=18832e99-20476e5b-0120-58864347-000000be:Fitzpatri ck Center Schiciano Auditorium Side A\, room 1464 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:MEMS Seminar: Dr. Cambre Kelly\, "Personalized\, Osseointegrative\ , 3D Printed Orthopedic Implants" UID:CAL-8a00f888-97512113-0197-6576866c-00003f4ddemobedework@mysite.edu X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Main:/user/public-user/Utili ties/Main X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Lecture_Talk:/user/public-us er/Lectures_Conferences/Lecture_Talk X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Meeting:/user/public-user/Ot her/Meeting X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Engineering:/user/public-use r/Topics/Engineering X-BEDEWORK-CS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DESCRIPTION="/principals/users/agrp_PrattSc hool,":Pratt School of Engineering X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Conference_Symposium:/user/p ublic-user/Lectures_Conferences/Conference_Symposium X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Panel_Seminar_Colloquium:/us er/public-user/Lectures_Conferences/Panel_Seminar_Colloquium X-BEDEWORK-DUKE-SERIES:MEMS Seminar Fall 2025 Speaker Series X-BEDEWORK-SUBMITTEDBY:acs2 for Mechanical Engineering and Materials Scien ce (MEMS) (agrp_PrattSchool_MEMS) X-BEDEWORK-SPEAKER:Cambre Kelly END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Engineering CATEGORIES:Lectures/Conferences CATEGORIES:Other CATEGORIES:Utilities CATEGORIES:Lecture/Talk CATEGORIES:Panel/Seminar/Colloquium CATEGORIES:Conference/Symposium CATEGORIES:Meeting CATEGORIES:Main CONTACT;X-BEDEWORK-UID=8a0290b4-860465b2-0186-32feb568-0000477d:Spaulding\ , Amy CREATED:20250612T184732Z DESCRIPTION:Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials S cience (MEMS)\, Fall 2025 Speaker Series welcomes Dr. Jonathan Cagan\, He ad of Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. Dr. Cagan wil l give a talk entitled\, "AI to Enable Better Designs and Better Designin g."\n\nABSTRACT: AI as a means toward better design became an active area of research in the mid-1980s. Yet today new understandings of how people design\, coupled with new approaches to AI (through agents\, optimizatio n and deep learning)\, and more capable computing technologies have enabl ed better design tools and a better understanding of how AI can help peop le themselves design. This talk will look at how AI can accelerate design as a tool\, but also how AI can accelerate human teams in the act of des igning. The talk will examine the role of generative design\, digital twi ns of designers\, psychological constructs\, and the confidence of humans with AI as a guide to new AI-based design methods. \n\nJONATHAN CAGAN is the David and Susan Coulter Head of Mechanical Engineering and George Ta llman and Florence Barrett Ladd Professor at Carnegie Mellon University\, with an appointment in Design. Cagan also served as Interim Dean of the College of Engineering and Special Advisor to the Provost. Cagan co-found ed the Integrated Innovation Institute for interdisciplinary design educa tion at CMU\, bringing engineering\, design and business together to crea te new products and services. Cagan's research focuses on design automati on and methods\, problem solving\, and medical technologies. His work mer ges AI\, machine learning\, and optimization methods with cognitive- and neuro-science problem solving. A Fellow of the American Society of Mechan ical Engineers\, Cagan has been awarded the ASME Design Theory and Method ology\, Design Automation\, Ruth and Joel Spira Outstanding Design Educat or\, and Computers and Information in Engineering Lifetime Achievement Aw ards. He is also a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. A registered Professional Engineer\, Cagan received his PhD from UC Berkeley\, and has been on the faculty at CMU since 1990.\n\nHos t: Cate Brinson DURATION:PT1H DTSTAMP:20251117T153006Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251203T120000 LAST-MODIFIED:20251117T153006Z LOCATION;X-BEDEWORK-UID=18832e99-20476e5b-0120-58864347-000000be:Fitzpatri ck Center Schiciano Auditorium Side A\, room 1464 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:MEMS Seminar: Dr. Jonathan Cagan\, " AI to Enable Better Designs a nd Better Designing" UID:CAL-8a00f888-97512113-0197-6577fec2-00003f4edemobedework@mysite.edu X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Main:/user/public-user/Utili ties/Main X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Lecture_Talk:/user/public-us er/Lectures_Conferences/Lecture_Talk X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Meeting:/user/public-user/Ot her/Meeting X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Engineering:/user/public-use r/Topics/Engineering X-BEDEWORK-CS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DESCRIPTION="/principals/users/agrp_PrattSc hool,":Pratt School of Engineering X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Conference_Symposium:/user/p ublic-user/Lectures_Conferences/Conference_Symposium X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Panel_Seminar_Colloquium:/us er/public-user/Lectures_Conferences/Panel_Seminar_Colloquium X-BEDEWORK-DUKE-SERIES:MEMS Seminar Fall 2025 Speaker Series X-BEDEWORK-SUBMITTEDBY:acs2 for Mechanical Engineering and Materials Scien ce (MEMS) (agrp_PrattSchool_MEMS) X-BEDEWORK-SPEAKER:Jonathan Cagan END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Engineering CATEGORIES:Lectures/Conferences CATEGORIES:Other CATEGORIES:Utilities CATEGORIES:Lecture/Talk CATEGORIES:Workshop/Short Course CATEGORIES:Research CATEGORIES:Information Session CATEGORIES:Main CONTACT;X-BEDEWORK-UID=00f1fcdb-0f068baf-010f-068baf83-00000004:None CREATED:20251202T201526Z DESCRIPTION:Title: Automating Computational Materials Design with Explaina ble AI\n\nAbstract: High-throughput density functional theory (DFT) calcu lations have the capability to quickly screen thousands of materials to i dentify the top candidates for myriad of energy and sustainability applic ations. However\, despite its impressive efficiency relative to experimen ts\, computational screening is still incapable of exploring the entirety of materials space\, which is needed to find the optimal candidate struc tures. Incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) models into these frame works would further accelerate these searches by focusing on the most pro mising candidates as early as possible\, but are often limited by a scarc ity of of available data. Here I will present the Purcell Lab's recent ef forts to develop new high-throughput workflows to describe various materi als properties for solid-state and polymer materials. In particular I wil l focus on how incorporating explainable AI into these frameworks allows them to not only focus the searches on the optimal regions of materials s pace\, but also extract design rules to guide future experimental studies . Finally\, I will showcase how these workflow architectures can be adapt ed for verifying the consistency of DFT calculations across different imp lementations. DURATION:PT1H DTSTAMP:20251211T170439Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260114T120000 LAST-MODIFIED:20251211T170439Z LOCATION;X-BEDEWORK-UID=18832e99-20476e5b-0120-58864347-000000be:Fitzpatri ck Center Schiciano Auditorium Side A\, room 1464 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:DMI/MEMS Seminar Presented by Asst. Prof. Thomas A.R. Purcell\, Ph .D. 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She will speak to the technical challenges in national security\, the role of the National Laboratories\, and the opportunities for engineers to advance U.S. capabilities and the performance of our sy stems. She will touch on deterrence\, hypersonics\, systems integration\ , AI\, and the importance of critical thinking.\n\nBIO: As the Director of Sandia National Laboratories\, Laura McGill provides leadership and ma nagement direction for the premier U.S. engineering laboratory\, responsi ble for a $5+B portfolio of mission critical programs.\n\nBefore her appo intment as Labs Director on May 1\, 2025\, Laura served as Deputy Laborat ories Director for Nuclear Deterrence and Chief Technology Officer since January 2021. In that role\, she was responsible for ensuring the safety\ , security\, reliability\, effectiveness and modernization of the U.S. nu clear stockpile. \n\nLaura has worked in the defense industry for more th an four decades.\nBefore joining Sandia\, Laura was deputy vice president of engineering at Raytheon Missiles & Defense\, a Raytheon Technologies business with 30\,000 employees. Before that\, she was vice president of engineering for Raytheon Missile Systems\, leading an organization of 7\, 800 engineers and scientists. Prior to vice president\, Laura was chief e ngineer for the $2 billion Air Warfare Systems program portfolio\, which included Tomahawk cruise missiles\, air-to-air combat systems and precisi on strike weapons. She was previously chief engineer for the Tomahawk Cr uise Missile.\n\nIn 2019\, Laura was inducted into the National Academy o f Engineering. She is a Lifetime Fellow of the American Institute of Aero nautics and Astronautics and served as president from 2022 to 2024. DURATION:PT1H DTSTAMP:20251111T204914Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260128T120000 LAST-MODIFIED:20251111T204914Z LOCATION;X-BEDEWORK-UID=18832e99-20476e5b-0120-58864347-000000be:Fitzpatri ck Center Schiciano Auditorium Side A\, room 1464 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:MEMS Distinguished Seminar: Laura McGill\, "Engineering Challenges and Opportunities in National Security" UID:CAL-8a00ec8b-979413b9-019a-74200eda-00005a62demobedework@mysite.edu X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Main:/user/public-user/Utili ties/Main X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Conference_Symposium:/user/p ublic-user/Lectures_Conferences/Conference_Symposium X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Lecture_Talk:/user/public-us er/Lectures_Conferences/Lecture_Talk X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Panel_Seminar_Colloquium:/us er/public-user/Lectures_Conferences/Panel_Seminar_Colloquium X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Meeting:/user/public-user/Ot her/Meeting X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Engineering:/user/public-use r/Topics/Engineering X-BEDEWORK-CS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DESCRIPTION="/principals/users/agrp_PrattSc hool,":Pratt School of Engineering X-BEDEWORK-SPEAKER:Laura Mcgill X-BEDEWORK-DUKE-SERIES:MEMS Distinguished Seminar Series X-BEDEWORK-SUBMITTEDBY:acs2 for Mechanical Engineering and Materials Scien ce (MEMS) (agrp_PrattSchool_MEMS) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Artificial Intelligence CATEGORIES:Engineering CATEGORIES:Lectures/Conferences CATEGORIES:Other CATEGORIES:Utilities CATEGORIES:Lecture/Talk CATEGORIES:Panel/Seminar/Colloquium CATEGORIES:Conference/Symposium CATEGORIES:Meeting CATEGORIES:Technology CATEGORIES:Main CONTACT;X-BEDEWORK-UID=8a0290b4-860465b2-0186-32feb568-0000477d:Spaulding\ , Amy CREATED:20251201T212431Z DESCRIPTION:Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials S cience (MEMS)\, welcomes Dr. Subra Suresh\, Vannevar Bush Professor Emer itus\, Massachusetts Institute of Technology\, and Professor at Large\, B rown University\, who will present the George W. Pearsall lecture\, "Deep Learning from Nature and Machines." \n\nABSTRACT: This lecture will deal with three broad areas of science and technology\, materials science\, p lant science\, and medical science to examine collaborative intelligence from nature and machines. We consider how appropriate combinations of neu ral networks and biomimetics with experimental observations\, computation al modeling\, and imaging can guide us to improve the design\, properties and performance of materials. A processing route to produce nature-deriv ed materials is presented whereby the building blocks can be tailor-made to produce digitally modulated structures\, soft robotic components\, and biocompatible substrate materials for wearable devices. For biomedical a pplications\, novel approaches that integrate microfluidic platforms with static and dynamic data and images from clinical settings are also discu ssed to demonstrate how deep learning approaches can potentially offer ne w possibilities to improve patient outcomes in disease diagnostics\, ther apeutics\, and treatment. Specific cases considered here include metalliz ation of nanoscale diamond for tunable electronic properties\; design of plant-based materials for soft robotics\; multi-fidelity machine learning algorithms\; and artificial intelligence velocimetry to probe diabetic r etinopathy and blood disorders. \n\nBIO: SUBRA SURESH is Vannevar Bush Pr ofessor Emeritus at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Profe ssor at Large at Brown University. He is Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of Société Générale\, the financial services group based in Paris\ ; President of Global Learning Council of the Villars Institute\, Switzer land\, where he also serves on the Board of Villars Institute Foundation\ ; and a Trustee of California Institute of Technology. He previously serv ed as President of Carnegie Mellon University\, President of Nanyang Tech nological University Singapore\, and Dean of Engineering at MIT. He also served as Director of the US National Science Foundation (NSF)\, a positi on to which he was nominated by the President of the United States and un animously confirmed by the US Senate.\n\nReception immediately following lecture in Fitzpatrick Center Atrium. DURATION:PT1H DTSTAMP:20260130T220058Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260204T120000 LAST-MODIFIED:20260130T220058Z LOCATION;X-BEDEWORK-UID=18832e99-20476e5b-0120-58864347-000000be:Fitzpatri ck Center Schiciano Auditorium Side A\, room 1464 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:George W. Pearsall Lecture: Subra Suresh\, "Deep Learning from Nat ure and Machines" UID:CAL-8a00ec9e-9a83ce7f-019a-dbcd87b9-0000522bdemobedework@mysite.edu URL:https://mems.duke.edu/pearsall-lecture/ X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Main:/user/public-user/Utili ties/Main X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Panel_Seminar_Colloquium:/us er/public-user/Lectures_Conferences/Panel_Seminar_Colloquium X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Lecture_Talk:/user/public-us er/Lectures_Conferences/Lecture_Talk X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Conference_Symposium:/user/p ublic-user/Lectures_Conferences/Conference_Symposium X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Meeting:/user/public-user/Ot her/Meeting X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Engineering:/user/public-use r/Topics/Engineering X-BEDEWORK-CS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DESCRIPTION="/principals/users/agrp_PrattSc hool,":Pratt School of Engineering X-BEDEWORK-SPEAKER:Dr. Subra Suresh X-BEDEWORK-DUKE-SERIES:MEMS George W. Pearsall Lecture X-BEDEWORK-SUBMITTEDBY:acs2 for Mechanical Engineering and Materials Scien ce (MEMS) (agrp_PrattSchool_MEMS) X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Technology:/user/public-user /Topics/Technology X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Artificial Intelligence:/use r/public-user/Topics/Artificial Intelligence X-BEDEWORK-IMAGE-X1:0 X-BEDEWORK-IMAGE-Y1:0 X-BEDEWORK-IMAGE-X2:900 X-BEDEWORK-IMAGE-Y2:600 X-BEDEWORK-IMAGE-CROP-WIDTH:900 X-BEDEWORK-IMAGE-CROP-HEIGHT:600 X-BEDEWORK-IMAGE-ALT-TEXT:Subra Suresh X-BEDEWORK-IMAGE:/public/Images/subra_suresh_landscape_20260130100058PM.pn g X-BEDEWORK-THUMB-IMAGE:/public/Images/subra_suresh_landscape_2026013010005 8PM-thumb.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Engineering CATEGORIES:Lectures/Conferences CATEGORIES:Other CATEGORIES:Utilities CATEGORIES:Lecture/Talk CATEGORIES:Panel/Seminar/Colloquium CATEGORIES:Research CATEGORIES:Information Session CATEGORIES:Main CONTACT;X-BEDEWORK-UID=00f1fcdb-0f068baf-010f-068baf83-00000004:None CREATED:20251222T181013Z DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\nCells are highly dynamic structures that are consta ntly converting chemical energy into mechanical work to pull and push on one another and on their surroundings. These pulls and pushes are mediate d by tiny molecular forces at the scale of piconewtons. For context\, 7 p N applied a distance of 1 nm is ~1 kcal/mol. Nonetheless\, these forces c an have profound biochemical consequences. For example\, the rapidly fluc tuating forces within embryos control development and the forces between immune cells and their targets can drastically tune immune response and f unction. Despite the importance of mechanics there are limited methods to study forces at the molecular scale and particularly within the context of living cells. In this talk\, I will discuss my group's efforts at addr essing this gap in knowledge by developing materials to measure and map t he molecular forces applied by cells. I will describe the development of a suite of molecular DNA tension probes. DNA tension probes offer signifi cant improvements in signal/noise and also lead to enhanced spatial and t emporal resolution. I will describe recent advances to study forces at th e single molecule scale and then I will also describe a series of force-t riggered reactions that enable signal amplification and "-omics" applicat ions. I will focus on the application of these probes in the study of pla telet activation\, and T cell receptor mechanobiology. Finally\, armed wi th these new tools\, I will describe the advent of translational mechanob iology where we predict the bleeding risk in patients by measuring the me chanical activity of their platelet adhesion receptors.\n\nHost: Gaurav A rya DURATION:PT1H DTSTAMP:20251222T181129Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260211T120000 LAST-MODIFIED:20251222T181129Z LOCATION;X-BEDEWORK-UID=18832e99-20476e5b-0120-58864347-000000be:Fitzpatri ck Center Schiciano Auditorium Side A\, room 1464 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:DMI/MEMS Seminar Presented by Prof. Khalid Salaita UID:CAL-8a00eca5-9af98aae-019b-47413404-000073dedemobedework@mysite.edu X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Main:/user/public-user/Utili ties/Main X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Lecture_Talk:/user/public-us er/Lectures_Conferences/Lecture_Talk X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Panel_Seminar_Colloquium:/us er/public-user/Lectures_Conferences/Panel_Seminar_Colloquium X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Information Session:/user/pu blic-user/Other/Information Session X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Engineering:/user/public-use r/Topics/Engineering X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Research:/user/public-user/T opics/Research X-BEDEWORK-CS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DESCRIPTION="/principals/users/agrp_Artsand Sciences_Biology,/principals/users/agrp_PrattSchool_BME,/principals/users /agrp_SchoolofMedicine_CellBiology,/principals/users/agrp_ArtsandSciences _Chemistry,/principals/users/agrp_PrattSchool_CEE,/principals/users/agrp_ PrattSchool_ECE,/principals/users/agrp__ArtsandSciences_Mathematics,/prin cipals/users/agrp_PrattSchool_MEMS,/principals/users/agrp_NSOE_NicholasIn stituteforEnvironmentalPolicySolutions,/principals/users/agrp__ArtsandSci ences_Physics,/principals/users/agrp_PrattSchool,/principals/users/agrp__ ArtsandSciences_TrinityCollege,":Biology\,Biomedical Engineering (BME)\,C ell Biology\,Chemistry\,Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)\,Electr ical and Computer Engineering (ECE)\,Mathematics\,Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science (MEMS)\,Nicholas Institute for Energy\, Environment and Sustainability\,Physics\,Pratt School of Engineering\,Trinity Colleg e X-BEDEWORK-STUDENT-CONTACT;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-EMAIL=liana.igescu@duke.edu:Li ana Igescu X-BEDEWORK-DUKE-SERIES:DMI Seminar Series X-BEDEWORK-IMAGE-X1:0 X-BEDEWORK-IMAGE-Y1:0 X-BEDEWORK-IMAGE-X2:529.5 X-BEDEWORK-IMAGE-Y2:353 X-BEDEWORK-IMAGE-CROP-WIDTH:529.5 X-BEDEWORK-IMAGE-CROP-HEIGHT:353 X-BEDEWORK-IMAGE-ALT-TEXT:February 11 DMI Seminar - Khalid Salaita X-BEDEWORK-SUBMITTEDBY:reb88 for Duke Materials Initiative (agrp_Institute s_MaterialsScienceandEngineering) X-BEDEWORK-IMAGE:/public/Images/Resized_Khalid Salaita_DMI Seminar Flyer_2 0251222061013PM.jpeg X-BEDEWORK-THUMB-IMAGE:/public/Images/Resized_Khalid Salaita_DMI Seminar F lyer_20251222061013PM-thumb.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Engineering CATEGORIES:Lectures/Conferences CATEGORIES:Other CATEGORIES:Utilities CATEGORIES:Lecture/Talk CATEGORIES:Panel/Seminar/Colloquium CATEGORIES:Conference/Symposium CATEGORIES:Meeting CATEGORIES:Main CONTACT;X-BEDEWORK-UID=8a0290b4-860465b2-0186-32feb568-0000477d:Spaulding\ , Amy CREATED:20251205T151823Z DESCRIPTION:Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science (MEMS) Spring 2026 Distinguished Seminar Speaker Series welcomes Carmel Majidi (Carnegie Mellon) to present the MEMS Seminar\, "Soft-Matt er Engineering for Robotics and Wearables." \n\nABSTRACT: Progress in sof t lithography and soft materials integration have led to extraordinary ne w classes of soft-matter sensors\, circuits\, and transducers. These mat erial technologies are composed almost entirely out of soft matter - elas tomers\, gels\, and conductive fluids like liquid metal - and represent t he building blocks for machines and electronics that are soft\, flexible\ , and stretchable. Because of their intrinsic compliance and elasticity\, such devices can be incorporated into soft\, biologically-inspired robot s or be worn on the body and operate continuously without impairing natur al body motion. In this talk\, I will review recent contributions from m y research group in creating soft multifunctional materials for wearable electronics and soft robotics using these emerging practices in "soft-mat ter engineering." In particular\, I will focus on soft robots powered usi ng shape memory materials and soft material architectures for highly stre tchable digital electronics\, wearable energy harvesting\, and electrical ly-responsive actuation. This includes material systems with novel combin ations of soft elastomers\, self-healing polymers\, liquid crystal elasto mer (LCE)\, eutectic gallium indium (EGaIn) liquid metal alloy\, and vari ous filler materials (e.g. Ag flakes\, MXenes). In addition to describin g the synthesis and properties of these materials\, I will highlight seve ral systems-level implementations that demonstrate their practical use in robotics\, bioelectronics\, and human-computer interaction. \n\nBIO: CAR MEL MAJIDI is the Clarence H. Adamson Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University\, where he leads the Soft Machines Lab. H is lab is dedicated to the discovery of novel material architectures that allow machines and electronics to be soft\, elastically deformable\, and biomechanically compatible. Currently\, his research is focused on mode ling\, design\, and control of soft robotic systems as well as the develo pment of multifunctional materials that exhibit unique combinations of me chanical\,\n electrical\, and thermal properties and can function as "art ificial" skin\, nervous tissue\, and muscle. DURATION:PT1H DTSTAMP:20251205T151823Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260218T120000 LAST-MODIFIED:20251205T151823Z LOCATION;X-BEDEWORK-UID=18832e99-20476e5b-0120-58864347-000000be:Fitzpatri ck Center Schiciano Auditorium Side A\, room 1464 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:MEMS Seminar: Carmel Majidi (Carnegie Mellon)\, “Soft-Matter Engin eering for Robotics and Wearables”  UID:CAL-8a00ec9e-9a83ce7f-019a-ef17c5e4-00005b1fdemobedework@mysite.edu X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Main:/user/public-user/Utili ties/Main X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Conference_Symposium:/user/p ublic-user/Lectures_Conferences/Conference_Symposium X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Lecture_Talk:/user/public-us er/Lectures_Conferences/Lecture_Talk X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Panel_Seminar_Colloquium:/us er/public-user/Lectures_Conferences/Panel_Seminar_Colloquium X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Meeting:/user/public-user/Ot her/Meeting X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Engineering:/user/public-use r/Topics/Engineering X-BEDEWORK-CS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DESCRIPTION="/principals/users/agrp_PrattSc hool,":Pratt School of Engineering X-BEDEWORK-SPEAKER:Carmel Majidi X-BEDEWORK-DUKE-SERIES:MEMS Seminar X-BEDEWORK-SUBMITTEDBY:acs2 for Mechanical Engineering and Materials Scien ce (MEMS) (agrp_PrattSchool_MEMS) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Engineering CATEGORIES:Lectures/Conferences CATEGORIES:Other CATEGORIES:Utilities CATEGORIES:Lecture/Talk CATEGORIES:Panel/Seminar/Colloquium CATEGORIES:Conference/Symposium CATEGORIES:Meeting CATEGORIES:Main CONTACT;X-BEDEWORK-UID=8a0290b4-860465b2-0186-32feb568-0000477d:Spaulding\ , Amy CREATED:20251215T143932Z DESCRIPTION:Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science hosts Dr. Seth Hutchinson (Northeastern) to present the MEMS Sem inar\, "Model-Based Methods in Today's Data-Driven Robotics Landscape."\n \nAbstract: Data-driven machine learning methods are making advances in m any long-standing problems in robotics\, including grasping\, legged loco motion\, perception\, and more. There are\, however\, robotics applicatio ns for which data-driven methods are less effective. Data acquisition can be expensive\, time consuming\, or dangerous -- to the surrounding works pace\, humans in the workspace\, or the robot itself. In such cases\, gen erating data via simulation might seem a natural recourse\, but simulatio n methods come with their own limitations\, particularly when nondetermin istic effects are significant\, or when complex dynamics are at play\, re quiring heavy computation and exposing the so-called sim2real gap. Anothe r alternative is to rely on a set of demonstrations\, limiting the amount of required data by careful curation of the training examples\; however\ , these methods fail when confronted with problems that were not represen ted in the training examples (so-called out-of-distribution problems)\, a nd this precludes the possibility of providing provable performance guara ntees. In this talk\, Dr. Hutchinson will describe recent work on robotic s problems that do not readily admit data-driven solutions\, including fl apping flight by a bat-like robot\, vision-based control of soft continuu m robots\, a cable-driven graffiti-painting robot\, and ensuring safe ope ration of mobile manipulators in HRI scenarios.\n\nBIO: SETH HUTCHINSON i s a professor at Northeastern University\, with appointments in the Khour y College of Computer Sciences and the Department of Electrical and Compu ter Engineering (ECE). DURATION:PT1H DTSTAMP:20260223T161105Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260225T120000 LAST-MODIFIED:20260223T161105Z LOCATION;X-BEDEWORK-UID=18832e99-20476e5b-0120-58864347-000000be:Fitzpatri ck Center Schiciano Auditorium Side A\, room 1464 STATUS:CANCELLED SUMMARY:CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER: MEMS Seminar: Seth Hutchinson\, "Model-Ba sed Methods in Today’s Data-Driven Robotics Landscape." 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In this talk\, I wi ll demonstrate our work in the development of differentiable simulation t ools\, sensing\, and process control to achieve effective and efficient p redictions and control of a material's mechanical behavior in metal addit ive and metal forming processes. Furthermore\, I will show how we use mac hine learning to accelerate the physics-based simulations and to realize active sensing with the goal of effective in-situ local process control. Our solutions particularly target three notoriously challenging aspects o f the process: long history-dependent properties\, complex geometric feat ures\, and the high dimensionality of their design space.\n\nBio: Cardiss Collins Professor JIAN CAO (MIT'Ph.D\, MIT'MS\, SJTU'BS) specialized in innovative manufacturing processes and systems\, particularly in the area s of deformation-based processes and laser additive manufacturing process es. She is the Founding Director of the research center on Manufacturing Science and Innovation at Northwestern\, known as NIMSI. Prof. Cao is an elected member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and of the Am erican Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAA&S). Her major awards include DoD Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship\, ASME Ted Belytschko Applied Mechanics Award\, the inaugural ASME Devor-Kapoor Manufacturing Medal\, Hideo Hana fusa Outstanding Investigator Award for Flexible Automation\, ASME Milton C. Shaw Manufacturing Research Medal\, Charles Russ Richards Memorial Aw ard from ASME and Pi Tau Sigma\, SME Gold Medal\, and SME Frederick W. Ta ylor Research Medal. Cao was the Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Materials Processing Technology. DURATION:PT1H DTSTAMP:20251205T144735Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260304T120000 LAST-MODIFIED:20251205T144735Z LOCATION;X-BEDEWORK-UID=18832e99-20476e5b-0120-58864347-000000be:Fitzpatri ck Center Schiciano Auditorium Side A\, room 1464 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:MEMS Distinguished Seminar: Jian Cao\, "Physics-based AI-assisted Design and Control Manufacturing Processes" UID:CAL-8a00ec9e-9a83ce7f-019a-eefb92b0-000058d4demobedework@mysite.edu X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Main:/user/public-user/Utili ties/Main X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Conference_Symposium:/user/p ublic-user/Lectures_Conferences/Conference_Symposium X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Lecture_Talk:/user/public-us er/Lectures_Conferences/Lecture_Talk X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Panel_Seminar_Colloquium:/us er/public-user/Lectures_Conferences/Panel_Seminar_Colloquium X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Meeting:/user/public-user/Ot her/Meeting X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Engineering:/user/public-use r/Topics/Engineering X-BEDEWORK-CS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DESCRIPTION="/principals/users/agrp_PrattSc hool,":Pratt School of Engineering X-BEDEWORK-SPEAKER:Jian Cao X-BEDEWORK-DUKE-SERIES:MEMS Distinguished Seminar X-BEDEWORK-SUBMITTEDBY:acs2 for Mechanical Engineering and Materials Scien ce (MEMS) (agrp_PrattSchool_MEMS) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Engineering CATEGORIES:Lectures/Conferences CATEGORIES:Other CATEGORIES:Utilities CATEGORIES:Lecture/Talk CATEGORIES:Panel/Seminar/Colloquium CATEGORIES:Research CATEGORIES:Information Session CATEGORIES:Main CONTACT;X-BEDEWORK-UID=00f1fcdb-0f068baf-010f-068baf83-00000004:None CREATED:20260219T135656Z DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\nVulcan Elements has established a full supply chain to manufacture rare earth permanent magnets in the United States. This i ncludes a network of raw material suppliers\, equipment manufacturers\, a nd a growing talent pool. These magnets are used in all critical industri es\, like aerospace and transportation\, data centers and telecommunicati ons\, industrial equipment and power generation\, and robotics. To produc e the highest-performing and most cost-competitive magnets in the world\, Vulcan Elements is utilizing multi-scale computational materials enginee ring to optimize composition\, employing the most environmental conscious methods to refine metals from primary ore and recycled materials\, and i ntegrating AI and machine learning to create a fully connected factory. V ulcan Elements has broken ground on a 1.1 million square foot manufacturi ng facility - the largest outside of China - right here in North Carolina . DURATION:PT1H DTSTAMP:20260219T153604Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260318T120000 LAST-MODIFIED:20260219T153604Z LOCATION;X-BEDEWORK-UID=18832e99-20476e5b-0120-58864347-000000be:Fitzpatri ck Center Schiciano Auditorium Side A\, room 1464 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:DMI/CMH/OEP Seminar Presented by Joe Croteau UID:CAL-8a003294-9c52b03d-019c-7630825c-00006abademobedework@mysite.edu X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Main:/user/public-user/Utili ties/Main X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Lecture_Talk:/user/public-us er/Lectures_Conferences/Lecture_Talk X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Panel_Seminar_Colloquium:/us er/public-user/Lectures_Conferences/Panel_Seminar_Colloquium X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Information Session:/user/pu blic-user/Other/Information Session X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Engineering:/user/public-use r/Topics/Engineering X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Research:/user/public-user/T opics/Research X-BEDEWORK-CS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DESCRIPTION="/principals/users/agrp__Artsan dSciences_AcademicResourceCenter,/principals/users/agrp_ArtsandSciences_B iology,/principals/users/agrp_PrattSchool_BME,/principals/users/agrp_Scho olofMedicine_CellBiology,/principals/users/agrp_ArtsandSciences_Chemistry ,/principals/users/agrp_PrattSchool_CEE,/principals/users/agrp_Duke Offic e for External Partnerships (OEP),/principals/users/agrp_PrattSchool_ECE, /principals/users/agrp__ArtsandSciences_Mathematics,/principals/users/agr p_PrattSchool_MEMS,/principals/users/agrp_NSOE_NicholasInstituteforEnviro nmentalPolicySolutions,/principals/users/agrp__ArtsandSciences_Physics,/p rincipals/users/agrp_PrattSchool,/principals/users/agrp__ArtsandSciences_ TrinityCollege,":Academic Resource Center (ARC)\,Biology\,Biomedical Engi neering (BME)\,Cell Biology\,Chemistry\,Civil and Environmental Engineeri ng (CEE)\,Duke Office for External Partnerships (OEP)\,Electrical and Com puter Engineering (ECE)\,Mathematics\,Mechanical Engineering and Material s Science (MEMS)\,Nicholas Institute for Energy\, Environment and Sustain ability\,Physics\,Pratt School of Engineering\,Trinity College X-BEDEWORK-STUDENT-CONTACT;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-EMAIL=liana.igescu@duke.edu:Li ana Igescu X-BEDEWORK-DUKE-SERIES:DMI Seminar Series X-BEDEWORK-IMAGE-X1:0 X-BEDEWORK-IMAGE-Y1:0 X-BEDEWORK-IMAGE-X2:529.5 X-BEDEWORK-IMAGE-Y2:353 X-BEDEWORK-IMAGE-CROP-WIDTH:529.5 X-BEDEWORK-IMAGE-CROP-HEIGHT:353 X-BEDEWORK-IMAGE-ALT-TEXT:March 18 DMI/CMH/OEP Seminar - Joe Croteau X-BEDEWORK-SUBMITTEDBY:reb88 for Duke Materials Initiative (agrp_Institute s_MaterialsScienceandEngineering) X-BEDEWORK-IMAGE:/public/Images/calendar-sized_Joe Croteau_DMI Seminar Fly er March 18\, 2026_20260219015656PM.jpeg X-BEDEWORK-THUMB-IMAGE:/public/Images/calendar-sized_Joe Croteau_DMI Semin ar Flyer March 18\, 2026_20260219015656PM-thumb.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Engineering CATEGORIES:Lectures/Conferences CATEGORIES:Other CATEGORIES:Utilities CATEGORIES:Lecture/Talk CATEGORIES:Panel/Seminar/Colloquium CATEGORIES:Conference/Symposium CATEGORIES:Meeting CATEGORIES:Main CONTACT;X-BEDEWORK-UID=8a0290b4-860465b2-0186-32feb568-0000477d:Spaulding\ , Amy CREATED:20251215T144755Z DESCRIPTION:Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials S cience invites Dr. Olivier Delaire (Duke) to present the MEMS Seminar\, " The Dynamics of Atoms in Solids - from Early Breakthroughs to Current Cha llenges." \n\nABSTRACT: From Einstein's and Debye's models for the heat capacity [1\,2]\, through Peierls' early theory of thermal conductivity [3]\, and the Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer theory of superconductivity [4]\, the importance of atomic motions in solids has been established early on as a central aspect of materials science. Solids are not static and the motions of ions within them (either vibrational or diffusive\, and someti mes more unusual) underlie many thermodynamic and transport properties. P robing and rationalizing these atomic dynamics is important from both a f undamental standpoint and to enable the design and engineering of desired material properties. Yet\, the complex dynamics and couplings between de grees-of-freedom underpinning numerous material properties remain insuffi ciently understood. \n\nThis talk will survey our research and how we pr ovided new insights into atomic dynamics in materials. By combining scatt ering experiments with large-scale atomistic modeling and machine learnin g\, we probe the atomic structure and dynamics in solids\, from fast ioni c diffusion in solid-state electrolytes to phonon transport and thermal c onductivity in thermoelectrics\, or electron-phonon coupling and structur al transitions in metal-halide perovskites for photovoltaics and optoelec tronics. Our experiments map spatio-temporal correlations\, revealing det ails of atomic structure and dynamics in materials\, their disorder and c orrelations. In parallel\, our atomistic simulations help rationalize exp erimental results\, for example with DFT\, ab-initio molecular dynamics a nd machine-learning accelerated simulations. The presentation will highli ght some of the results from the Delaire lab over the past decade. \n \n OLIVIER DELAIRE obtained his PhD in Materials Science from Caltech (2006) . He joined Oak Ridge National Laboratory as a Clifford Shull Fellow in t he Neutron Sciences Directorate (2008)\, later becoming Staff Researcher in the Materials Science and Technology Division (2012). In 2016\, he bec ame Associate Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engin eering and Materials Science at Duke University\, with secondary appointm ents in the Physics and Chemistry departments. DURATION:PT1H DTSTAMP:20260113T162435Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260325T120000 LAST-MODIFIED:20260113T162435Z LOCATION;X-BEDEWORK-UID=18832e99-20476e5b-0120-58864347-000000be:Fitzpatri ck Center Schiciano Auditorium Side A\, room 1464 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:MEMS Seminar: Olivier Delaire\, "“The Dynamics of Atoms in Solids – from Early Breakthroughs to Current Challenges" UID:CAL-8a00eca5-9af98aae-019b-227b774c-0000043ademobedework@mysite.edu X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Main:/user/public-user/Utili ties/Main X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Conference_Symposium:/user/p ublic-user/Lectures_Conferences/Conference_Symposium X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Lecture_Talk:/user/public-us er/Lectures_Conferences/Lecture_Talk X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Panel_Seminar_Colloquium:/us er/public-user/Lectures_Conferences/Panel_Seminar_Colloquium X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Meeting:/user/public-user/Ot her/Meeting X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Engineering:/user/public-use r/Topics/Engineering X-BEDEWORK-CS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DESCRIPTION="/principals/users/agrp_PrattSc hool,":Pratt School of Engineering X-BEDEWORK-SPEAKER:Olivier Delaire X-BEDEWORK-DUKE-SERIES:MEMS Seminar Speaker Series X-BEDEWORK-SUBMITTEDBY:acs2 for Mechanical Engineering and Materials Scien ce (MEMS) (agrp_PrattSchool_MEMS) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Engineering CATEGORIES:Lectures/Conferences CATEGORIES:Other CATEGORIES:Utilities CATEGORIES:Lecture/Talk CATEGORIES:Panel/Seminar/Colloquium CATEGORIES:Conference/Symposium CATEGORIES:Meeting CATEGORIES:Main CONTACT;X-BEDEWORK-UID=8a0290b4-860465b2-0186-32feb568-0000477d:Spaulding\ , Amy CREATED:20251205T144201Z DESCRIPTION:Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science welcomes Lance Collins to deliver the MEMS Seminar\, "Technology Campuses Spurring the Regional Economy."\n\nABSTRACT: In late 2010\, May or Michael Bloomberg and his administration announced a competition to cr eate a new campus in New York City that would accelerate the burgeoning t ech sector in the city. Since then\, numerous other technology-oriented c ampuses are developing or are under consideration in cities across the co untry and the world. These campuses have the expected activities of highe r education\, namely research and teaching\; however\, they carry an addi tional expectation to grow the regional economy. In this talk\, I will sh are my experiences and lessons learned in two of these campuses: Cornell Tech in New York City and the Institute for Advanced Computing in Washing ton\, D. C. I will review the elements of campus programming that work in dependently of their location\, and others that must be designed carefull y to align with the local economy-the latter\, to a large extent\, determ ining the campus's outcome and impact.\n\nBIO: Lance R. Collins is Virgin ia Tech's inaugural vice president of the greater Washington\, D.C. area\ , overseeing academic programming\, partnerships\, personnel\, and buildi ng operations in the region. Prior to that he was dean of engineering at Cornell. In 2011\, he was part of the team that successfully bid to partn er with New York City to build Cornell Tech. Collins' research uses simul ation to study turbulent processes. He is a fellow of the American Physic al Society\, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers\, the American Association for the Advancement of Science\, and in 2021 he was elected t o the National Academy of Engineering. DURATION:PT1H DTSTAMP:20251208T195835Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260401T120000 LAST-MODIFIED:20251208T195835Z LOCATION;X-BEDEWORK-UID=18832e99-20476e5b-0120-58864347-000000be:Fitzpatri ck Center Schiciano Auditorium Side A\, room 1464 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:MEMS Seminar: Lance Collins (Virginia Tech)\, "Technology Campuses Spurring the Regional Economy" UID:CAL-8a00ec9e-9a83ce7f-019a-eef678ec-00005811demobedework@mysite.edu X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Main:/user/public-user/Utili ties/Main X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Conference_Symposium:/user/p ublic-user/Lectures_Conferences/Conference_Symposium X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Lecture_Talk:/user/public-us er/Lectures_Conferences/Lecture_Talk X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Panel_Seminar_Colloquium:/us er/public-user/Lectures_Conferences/Panel_Seminar_Colloquium X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Meeting:/user/public-user/Ot her/Meeting X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Engineering:/user/public-use r/Topics/Engineering X-BEDEWORK-CS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DESCRIPTION="/principals/users/agrp_PrattSc hool,":Pratt School of Engineering X-BEDEWORK-SPEAKER:Lance Collins X-BEDEWORK-DUKE-SERIES:MEMS Seminar Spring Speaker Series X-BEDEWORK-SUBMITTEDBY:acs2 for Mechanical Engineering and Materials Scien ce (MEMS) (agrp_PrattSchool_MEMS) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Engineering CATEGORIES:Lectures/Conferences CATEGORIES:Other CATEGORIES:Utilities CATEGORIES:Lecture/Talk CATEGORIES:Panel/Seminar/Colloquium CATEGORIES:Conference/Symposium CATEGORIES:Meeting CATEGORIES:Main CONTACT;X-BEDEWORK-UID=8a0290b4-860465b2-0186-32feb568-0000477d:Spaulding\ , Amy CREATED:20251215T145042Z DESCRIPTION:Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials S cience hosts Dr. Joanna Aizenberg (Harvard) to present the MEMS Distingui shed Seminar. DURATION:PT1H DTSTAMP:20251215T145042Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260408T120000 LAST-MODIFIED:20251215T145042Z LOCATION;X-BEDEWORK-UID=18832e99-20476e5b-0120-58864347-000000be:Fitzpatri ck Center Schiciano Auditorium Side A\, room 1464 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:MEMS Distinguished Seminar: Dr. Joanna Aizenberg UID:CAL-8a00eca5-9af98aae-019b-227e03c7-0000049cdemobedework@mysite.edu X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Main:/user/public-user/Utili ties/Main X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Conference_Symposium:/user/p ublic-user/Lectures_Conferences/Conference_Symposium X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Lecture_Talk:/user/public-us er/Lectures_Conferences/Lecture_Talk X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Panel_Seminar_Colloquium:/us er/public-user/Lectures_Conferences/Panel_Seminar_Colloquium X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Meeting:/user/public-user/Ot her/Meeting X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Engineering:/user/public-use r/Topics/Engineering X-BEDEWORK-CS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DESCRIPTION="/principals/users/agrp_PrattSc hool,":Pratt School of Engineering X-BEDEWORK-SPEAKER:Joanna Aizenberg X-BEDEWORK-DUKE-SERIES:MEM Distinguished Seminar Speaker Series X-BEDEWORK-SUBMITTEDBY:acs2 for Mechanical Engineering and Materials Scien ce (MEMS) (agrp_PrattSchool_MEMS) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Engineering CATEGORIES:Lectures/Conferences CATEGORIES:Other CATEGORIES:Utilities CATEGORIES:Lecture/Talk CATEGORIES:Panel/Seminar/Colloquium CATEGORIES:Research CATEGORIES:Information Session CATEGORIES:Main CONTACT;X-BEDEWORK-UID=00f1fcdb-0f068baf-010f-068baf83-00000004:None CREATED:20260317T190439Z DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\nElectrocatalysis has the potential to enable sustai nable chemical infrastructures via the generation of commodity chemicals such as hydrogen\, hydrocarbons\, and ammonia with renewable energy\, but electrochemical devices such as electrolyzers often exhibit inadequate a ctivity and stability for these transformations due to poor catalyst perf ormance for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). The Moreno-Hernandez Lab oratory specializes in the design of electrocatalysts for next-generation energy devices via a multiscale feedback loop that integrates the precis e synthesis of nanomaterials\, atomic-scale observations of structural dy namics in liquid environments with in situ transmission electron microsco py\, and the assessment of electrocatalyst performance under relevant ope rating conditions via proton exchange membrane water electrolysis. Insigh ts from these activities\, in particular with liquid phase transmission e lectron microscopy (LP-TEM)\, has resulted in the direct observation of e lectrocatalyst degradation mechanisms and degradation kinetics at the nan oscale\, and the observation of collective atomic-scale mechanisms of dis solution. Disorder-induced degradation has been found to result in substa ntial nanoscale heterogeneity in dissolution properties for rutile-type e lectrocatalysts such as RuO2 and IrO2. Insights from these activities has resulted in the discovery of oxidized overlayer electrocatalysts with im proved noble metal utilization\, the discovery of experimental energy sca ling relations that can guide catalyst design for non-iridium electrocata lysts\, the direct observation of electrocatalyst degradation mechanisms at the nanoscale\, and the observation of atomic-scale mechanisms of diss olution. Our studies highlight the importance of multimodal approaches to guide electrocatalyst design and motivate further study of nanoscale and chemical effects that can be harnessed to design efficient\, earth-abund ant\, and stable electrocatalysts for electrochemical transformations. 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Moreno-Hernandez UID:CAL-8a003384-9cc4d1fe-019c-fd2f9324-00002a6fdemobedework@mysite.edu X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Main:/user/public-user/Utili ties/Main X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Lecture_Talk:/user/public-us er/Lectures_Conferences/Lecture_Talk X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Panel_Seminar_Colloquium:/us er/public-user/Lectures_Conferences/Panel_Seminar_Colloquium X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Information Session:/user/pu blic-user/Other/Information Session X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Engineering:/user/public-use r/Topics/Engineering X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Research:/user/public-user/T opics/Research X-BEDEWORK-CS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DESCRIPTION="/principals/users/agrp__Artsan dSciences_AcademicResourceCenter,/principals/users/agrp_ArtsandSciences_B iology,/principals/users/agrp_PrattSchool_BME,/principals/users/agrp_Scho olofMedicine_CellBiology,/principals/users/agrp_ArtsandSciences_Chemistry ,/principals/users/agrp_PrattSchool_CEE,/principals/users/agrp_PrattSchoo l_ECE,/principals/users/agrp__ArtsandSciences_Mathematics,/principals/use rs/agrp_PrattSchool_MEMS,/principals/users/agrp_NSOE_NicholasInstitutefor EnvironmentalPolicySolutions,/principals/users/agrp__ArtsandSciences_Phys ics,/principals/users/agrp_PrattSchool,/principals/users/agrp__ArtsandSci ences_TrinityCollege,":Academic Resource Center (ARC)\,Biology\,Biomedica l Engineering (BME)\,Cell Biology\,Chemistry\,Civil and Environmental Eng ineering (CEE)\,Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)\,Mathematics\,M echanical Engineering and Materials Science (MEMS)\,Nicholas Institute fo r Energy\, Environment and Sustainability\,Physics\,Pratt School of Engin eering\,Trinity College X-BEDEWORK-STUDENT-CONTACT;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-EMAIL=liana.igescu@duke.edu:Li ana Igescu X-BEDEWORK-DUKE-SERIES:DMI Seminar Series X-BEDEWORK-IMAGE-X1:0 X-BEDEWORK-IMAGE-Y1:0 X-BEDEWORK-IMAGE-X2:1683 X-BEDEWORK-IMAGE-Y2:1122 X-BEDEWORK-IMAGE-CROP-WIDTH:1683 X-BEDEWORK-IMAGE-CROP-HEIGHT:1122 X-BEDEWORK-IMAGE-ALT-TEXT:April 15 DMI/MEMS Seminar - Ivan A. Moreno-Herna ndez X-BEDEWORK-SUBMITTEDBY:reb88 for Duke Materials Initiative (agrp_Institute s_MaterialsScienceandEngineering) X-BEDEWORK-IMAGE:/public/Images/Cal_DMI Seminar Flyer_Ivan Moreno-Hernande z_20260317071043PM.png X-BEDEWORK-THUMB-IMAGE:/public/Images/Cal_DMI Seminar Flyer_Ivan Moreno-He rnandez_20260317071043PM-thumb.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Engineering CATEGORIES:Lectures/Conferences CATEGORIES:Other CATEGORIES:Utilities CATEGORIES:Lecture/Talk CATEGORIES:Panel/Seminar/Colloquium CATEGORIES:Conference/Symposium CATEGORIES:Meeting CATEGORIES:Main CONTACT;X-BEDEWORK-UID=8a0290b4-860465b2-0186-32feb568-0000477d:Spaulding\ , Amy CREATED:20251205T143046Z DESCRIPTION:Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science welcomes Dr. Yigang Suo (Harvard) to present the MEMS Distinguis hed Seminar\, "Polymer Networks Resist Crack Growth through Chemistry and Topology." \n\nABSTRACT: The aspiration to develop polymers for sustaina bility\, as well as functions\, instigates advances in polymer science. T his seminar draws upon recent experience in my group. We discover that a polymer network in which entanglements greatly outnumber crosslinks simul taneously achieves high modulus and a high fatigue threshold. As a second example\, a composite of multiple polymer species separates into phases\ , but the coarsening of the phases can be arrested\, leading to stable na nocomposites with high crack resistance. These examples illustrate how ch emistry and topology determine the mechanical properties of polymers.\n\n ZHIGANG SUO is the Allen E. and Marilyn M. Puckett Professor of Mechanics and Materials at Harvard University. He earned a bachelor degree at Xian Jiaotong University in 1985\, and a PhD at Harvard University in 1989. S uo joined the faculty of the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1989\, Princeton University in 1997\, and Harvard University in 2003. Hi s research centers on the mechanical behavior of materials.\n\nHost: Prof essors Michael Rubinstein and Tony Jun Huang DURATION:PT1H DTSTAMP:20260420T195702Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260422T120000 LAST-MODIFIED:20260420T195702Z LOCATION;X-BEDEWORK-UID=18832e99-20476e5b-0120-58864347-000000be:Fitzpatri ck Center Schiciano Auditorium Side A\, room 1464 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:MEMS Distinguished Seminar: Zhigang Suo UID:CAL-8a00ec9e-9a83ce7f-019a-eeec2c0b-000057afdemobedework@mysite.edu X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Main:/user/public-user/Utili ties/Main X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Conference_Symposium:/user/p ublic-user/Lectures_Conferences/Conference_Symposium X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Lecture_Talk:/user/public-us er/Lectures_Conferences/Lecture_Talk X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Panel_Seminar_Colloquium:/us er/public-user/Lectures_Conferences/Panel_Seminar_Colloquium X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Meeting:/user/public-user/Ot her/Meeting X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Engineering:/user/public-use r/Topics/Engineering X-BEDEWORK-CS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DESCRIPTION="/principals/users/agrp_PrattSc hool,":Pratt School of Engineering X-BEDEWORK-SPEAKER:Zhigang Suo X-BEDEWORK-DUKE-SERIES:MEMS Spring Seminar Series X-BEDEWORK-SUBMITTEDBY:acs2 for Mechanical Engineering and Materials Scien ce (MEMS) (agrp_PrattSchool_MEMS) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Engineering CATEGORIES:Lectures/Conferences CATEGORIES:Other CATEGORIES:Utilities CATEGORIES:Lecture/Talk CATEGORIES:Panel/Seminar/Colloquium CATEGORIES:Conference/Symposium CATEGORIES:Meeting CATEGORIES:Main CONTACT;X-BEDEWORK-UID=8a0290b4-860465b2-0186-32feb568-0000477d:Spaulding\ , Amy CREATED:20251020T183103Z DESCRIPTION:The Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materia ls Science hosts Dr. Leila Bridgeman (Duke) to present the MEMS Seminar e ntitled\, "New Tools from Old Ideas: Input-Output Theory for Robust Netwo rked and Learning-Based Control"\n\nAbstract: The advent of 'big data' an d learning-based methods that train neural network controllers have broug ht leaps in performance in many areas. However\, there's still much to be gained from diving into the classic literature - even when confronting m odern problems in control. This talk will explore three instances of this : how a shift in perspective turns traditional robust control theory into an ideal framework for distributed control for large networks of interac ting agents\; how insights from finite element methods can provide new to ols for stable\, data-driven control of nonlinear systems\; and how quadt ree data structures enable model-free\, deterministic safety assurances.. . even without constructing a barrier function!\n\nBio: Dr. Leila Bridgma n is an assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Scien ce at Duke University. She earned B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Applied Math ematics in 2008 and 2010 from McGill University\, Montreal\, QC\, Canada\ , where she completed her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering\, earning McGil l's 2016 D.W. Ambridge Prize for outstanding dissertation in the physical sciences and engineering. She was a recipient of a 2023 ONR Young Invest igator Prize.\n\nThrough her research\, Leila strives to bridge the gap b etween theoretical results in robust and optimal control and their use in practice. She explores how the tools of numerical analysis\, input-outpu t stability theory\, and set invariance can be applied through practical\ , computationally-tractable algorithms. Resulting publications have consi dered applications of this work to robotic\, process control\, and time-d elay systems and the development of autonomous ultrasound and laser actua ted robotics. DURATION:PT1H DTSTAMP:20251020T183103Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260429T123000 LAST-MODIFIED:20251020T183103Z LOCATION;X-BEDEWORK-UID=18832e99-20476e5b-0120-58864347-000000be:Fitzpatri ck Center Schiciano Auditorium Side A\, room 1464 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:MEMS SEMINAR: Leila Bridgeman\, "New Tools from Old Ideas: Input-O utput Theory for Robust Networked and Learning-Based Control" UID:CAL-8a00ec8b-979413b9-019a-02e3a05d-00000f65demobedework@mysite.edu X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Main:/user/public-user/Utili ties/Main X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Lecture_Talk:/user/public-us er/Lectures_Conferences/Lecture_Talk X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Conference_Symposium:/user/p ublic-user/Lectures_Conferences/Conference_Symposium X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Panel_Seminar_Colloquium:/us er/public-user/Lectures_Conferences/Panel_Seminar_Colloquium X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Meeting:/user/public-user/Ot her/Meeting X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Engineering:/user/public-use r/Topics/Engineering X-BEDEWORK-CS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DESCRIPTION="/principals/users/agrp_PrattSc hool,":Pratt School of Engineering X-BEDEWORK-SPEAKER:Leila Bridgeman X-BEDEWORK-DUKE-SERIES:MEMS Seminar Spring Series X-BEDEWORK-SUBMITTEDBY:acs2 for Mechanical Engineering and Materials Scien ce (MEMS) (agrp_PrattSchool_MEMS) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Engineering CATEGORIES:Lectures/Conferences CATEGORIES:Other CATEGORIES:Utilities CATEGORIES:Lecture/Talk CATEGORIES:Panel/Seminar/Colloquium CATEGORIES:Conference/Symposium CATEGORIES:Meeting CATEGORIES:Main CONTACT;X-BEDEWORK-UID=8a0290b4-860465b2-0186-32feb568-0000477d:Spaulding\ , Amy CREATED:20260611T152446Z DESCRIPTION:The Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materia ls Science hosts Professor Tim Lieuwen (Georgia Tech) to present the MEMS Distinguished Seminar. DURATION:PT1H DTSTAMP:20260611T152446Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260826T120000 LAST-MODIFIED:20260611T152446Z LOCATION;X-BEDEWORK-UID=18832e99-20476e5b-0120-58864347-000000be:Fitzpatri ck Center Schiciano Auditorium Side A\, room 1464 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:MEMS Distinguished Seminar: Tim Lieuwen UID:CAL-8a002cc9-9de3f0d7-019e-b7492c48-00001e20demobedework@mysite.edu X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Main:/user/public-user/Utili ties/Main X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Conference_Symposium:/user/p ublic-user/Lectures_Conferences/Conference_Symposium X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Lecture_Talk:/user/public-us er/Lectures_Conferences/Lecture_Talk X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Panel_Seminar_Colloquium:/us er/public-user/Lectures_Conferences/Panel_Seminar_Colloquium X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Engineering:/user/public-use r/Topics/Engineering X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Meeting:/user/public-user/Ot her/Meeting X-BEDEWORK-CS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DESCRIPTION="/principals/users/agrp_PrattSc hool,":Pratt School of Engineering X-BEDEWORK-SPEAKER:Tim Lieuwen X-BEDEWORK-DUKE-SERIES:MEMS Distinguished Seminar X-BEDEWORK-SUBMITTEDBY:acs2 for Mechanical Engineering and Materials Scien ce (MEMS) (agrp_PrattSchool_MEMS) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Engineering CATEGORIES:Lectures/Conferences CATEGORIES:Other CATEGORIES:Utilities CATEGORIES:Lecture/Talk CATEGORIES:Panel/Seminar/Colloquium CATEGORIES:Conference/Symposium CATEGORIES:Meeting CATEGORIES:Main CONTACT;X-BEDEWORK-UID=8a0290b4-860465b2-0186-32feb568-0000477d:Spaulding\ , Amy CREATED:20260611T152704Z DESCRIPTION:The Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materia ls Science hosts Dr. Kristina Johnson to present the MEMS Distinguished S eminar. DURATION:PT1H DTSTAMP:20260611T152704Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260909T120000 LAST-MODIFIED:20260611T152704Z LOCATION;X-BEDEWORK-UID=18832e99-20476e5b-0120-58864347-000000be:Fitzpatri ck Center Schiciano Auditorium Side A\, room 1464 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:MEMS Distinguished Seminar: Kristina Johson UID:CAL-8a002cc9-9de3f0d7-019e-b74b4652-00001e83demobedework@mysite.edu X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Main:/user/public-user/Utili ties/Main X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Conference_Symposium:/user/p ublic-user/Lectures_Conferences/Conference_Symposium X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Lecture_Talk:/user/public-us er/Lectures_Conferences/Lecture_Talk X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Panel_Seminar_Colloquium:/us er/public-user/Lectures_Conferences/Panel_Seminar_Colloquium X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Meeting:/user/public-user/Ot her/Meeting X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Engineering:/user/public-use r/Topics/Engineering X-BEDEWORK-CS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DESCRIPTION="/principals/users/agrp_PrattSc hool,":Pratt School of Engineering X-BEDEWORK-SPEAKER:Kristina Johnson X-BEDEWORK-DUKE-SERIES:MEMS Distinguished Seminar Series X-BEDEWORK-SUBMITTEDBY:acs2 for Mechanical Engineering and Materials Scien ce (MEMS) (agrp_PrattSchool_MEMS) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Engineering CATEGORIES:Lectures/Conferences CATEGORIES:Other CATEGORIES:Utilities CATEGORIES:Lecture/Talk CATEGORIES:Panel/Seminar/Colloquium CATEGORIES:Conference/Symposium CATEGORIES:Meeting CATEGORIES:Main CONTACT;X-BEDEWORK-UID=8a0290b4-860465b2-0186-32feb568-0000477d:Spaulding\ , Amy CREATED:20260611T153025Z DESCRIPTION:The Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materia ls Science hosts Professor Robert Clark (University of Rochester) to pres ent the MEMS Distinguished Seminar. DURATION:PT1H DTSTAMP:20260611T153025Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260916T120000 LAST-MODIFIED:20260611T153025Z LOCATION;X-BEDEWORK-UID=18832e99-20476e5b-0120-58864347-000000be:Fitzpatri ck Center Schiciano Auditorium Side A\, room 1464 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:MEMS Distinguished Seminar: Robert Clark UID:CAL-8a002cc9-9de3f0d7-019e-b74e59e5-00001ee6demobedework@mysite.edu X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Main:/user/public-user/Utili ties/Main X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Conference_Symposium:/user/p ublic-user/Lectures_Conferences/Conference_Symposium X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Lecture_Talk:/user/public-us er/Lectures_Conferences/Lecture_Talk X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Panel_Seminar_Colloquium:/us er/public-user/Lectures_Conferences/Panel_Seminar_Colloquium X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Meeting:/user/public-user/Ot her/Meeting X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Engineering:/user/public-use r/Topics/Engineering X-BEDEWORK-SUBMITTEDBY:acs2 for Mechanical Engineering and Materials Scien ce (MEMS) (agrp_PrattSchool_MEMS) X-BEDEWORK-CS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DESCRIPTION="/principals/users/agrp_PrattSc hool,":Pratt School of Engineering END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Engineering CATEGORIES:Lectures/Conferences CATEGORIES:Other CATEGORIES:Utilities CATEGORIES:Lecture/Talk CATEGORIES:Panel/Seminar/Colloquium CATEGORIES:Conference/Symposium CATEGORIES:Meeting CATEGORIES:Main CONTACT;X-BEDEWORK-UID=8a0290b4-860465b2-0186-32feb568-0000477d:Spaulding\ , Amy CREATED:20260611T131839Z DESCRIPTION:The Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materia ls Science hosts Professor Younan Xia (Johns Hopkins) to present the MEMS Distinguished Seminar entitled\, "Three Decades of Nanomaterials Researc h: From Fundamental Studies to Applications."\n\nAbstract: Nanomaterials have found widespread use in a broad range of applications\, including ph otonics\, electronics\, catalysis\, energy conversion\, sensing\, imaging \, and biomedicine. For almost three decades\, my research group has been working diligently to develop chemical methods for the synthesis and fab rication of novel nanomaterials with well-controlled properties. Some of these nanomaterials have also been successfully commercialized. In this t alk\, I will briefly review my journey into this exciting field of resear ch. Specifically\, I want to illustrate how a simple idea driven by curio sity was able to enable a productive career for almost three decades. I w ill also discuss some of the recent developments\, with a focus on the ra tional design and controlled synthesis of various types of nanomaterials for catalysis\, fuel cell technology\, drug delivery\, and cancer therano stics. If time allows\, I will discuss how to scale up the synthesis of t hese nanomaterials without losing control to produce samples with the qua lity\, quantity\, and reproducibility needed for a systematic study of th eir fundamental properties as a function of size\, shape\, and internal s tructure\, and for the exploration.\n\nBIO: Dr. Younan Xia is a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at Johns Hopkins University\, with joint appoint ments in Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Department o f Biomedical Engineering. He received a B.S. degree in chemical physics f rom the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in 1987\, M. S. degree in chemistry from University of Pennsylvania (with Alan G. MacD iarmid) in 1993\, and Ph.D. degree in physical chemistry from Harvard Uni versity (with George M. Whitesides) in 1996. His group invented numerous nanomaterials with well-controlled properties for use in applications rel ated to plasmonics\, electronics\, display\, catalysis\, energy conversio n\, controlled release\, drug delivery\, nanomedicine\, and regenerative medicine. Notably\, the silver nanowires invented by his group were comme rcialized for the manufacturing of flexible\, transparent\, and conductiv e coatings key to applications such as touchscreen display\, flexible ele ctronics\, and photovoltaics. nanocages.com DURATION:PT1H DTSTAMP:20260611T152212Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260923T120000 LAST-MODIFIED:20260611T152212Z LOCATION;X-BEDEWORK-UID=18832e99-20476e5b-0120-58864347-000000be:Fitzpatri ck Center Schiciano Auditorium Side A\, room 1464 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:MEMS Distinguished Seminar: Dr. Younan Xia\, "Three Decades of Nan omaterials Research: From Fundamental Studies to Applications" UID:CAL-8a002cc9-9de3f0d7-019e-b6d5b69e-000017f7demobedework@mysite.edu X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Main:/user/public-user/Utili ties/Main X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Conference_Symposium:/user/p ublic-user/Lectures_Conferences/Conference_Symposium X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Lecture_Talk:/user/public-us er/Lectures_Conferences/Lecture_Talk X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Panel_Seminar_Colloquium:/us er/public-user/Lectures_Conferences/Panel_Seminar_Colloquium X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Meeting:/user/public-user/Ot her/Meeting X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Engineering:/user/public-use r/Topics/Engineering X-BEDEWORK-CS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DESCRIPTION="/principals/users/agrp_PrattSc hool,":Pratt School of Engineering X-BEDEWORK-SPEAKER:Younan Xia X-BEDEWORK-DUKE-SERIES:MEMS Distinguished Seminar Series X-BEDEWORK-SUBMITTEDBY:acs2 for Mechanical Engineering and Materials Scien ce (MEMS) (agrp_PrattSchool_MEMS) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Engineering CATEGORIES:Lectures/Conferences CATEGORIES:Other CATEGORIES:Utilities CATEGORIES:Lecture/Talk CATEGORIES:Panel/Seminar/Colloquium CATEGORIES:Conference/Symposium CATEGORIES:Meeting CATEGORIES:Main CONTACT;X-BEDEWORK-UID=8a0290b4-860465b2-0186-32feb568-0000477d:Spaulding\ , Amy CREATED:20260611T153429Z DESCRIPTION:The Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materia ls Science hosts Dr. Metin Sitti (Koç University) to present the Pearsall Distinguished Lecture. DURATION:PT1H DTSTAMP:20260611T153429Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260930T120000 LAST-MODIFIED:20260611T153429Z LOCATION;X-BEDEWORK-UID=18832e99-20476e5b-0120-58864347-000000be:Fitzpatri ck Center Schiciano Auditorium Side A\, room 1464 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:MEMS Pearsall Distinguished Lecture: Metin Sitti UID:CAL-8a002cc9-9de3f0d7-019e-b75213cc-00001ee7demobedework@mysite.edu X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Main:/user/public-user/Utili ties/Main X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Conference_Symposium:/user/p ublic-user/Lectures_Conferences/Conference_Symposium X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Lecture_Talk:/user/public-us er/Lectures_Conferences/Lecture_Talk X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Panel_Seminar_Colloquium:/us er/public-user/Lectures_Conferences/Panel_Seminar_Colloquium X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Engineering:/user/public-use r/Topics/Engineering X-BEDEWORK-ALIAS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DISPLAYNAME=Meeting:/user/public-user/Ot her/Meeting X-BEDEWORK-CS;X-BEDEWORK-PARAM-DESCRIPTION="/principals/users/agrp_PrattSc hool,":Pratt School of Engineering X-BEDEWORK-SPEAKER:Metin Sitti X-BEDEWORK-DUKE-SERIES:MEMS Pearsall Distinguished Lecture X-BEDEWORK-SUBMITTEDBY:acs2 for Mechanical Engineering and Materials Scien ce (MEMS) (agrp_PrattSchool_MEMS) END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR